On my Dell Dimension, there’s been a problem with “Help & Support”, it wouldn’t start on using the F1. Dell recommended a pcrestore, which since I had already done once, I didn’t want to repeat. I logged it in the Dell Community forum here… and joe53 referred me to Kelly’s Korner tweaks, line 235. This…
Read moreWindows Safe Mode I am looking to boot my Dell Dimension 5150c into Safe Mode. See the Dell support page where they state that to get into the boot menu, you must use the F8 button,after the basic input/output system (BIOS) has finished loading, but before the windows XP splash screen is displayed. keywords: “windows…
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A flying business visit in Spring 2008; and in 2023, I found 21 things to do in Stockholm, from Time Out. Otherwise, if I go to Stockholm, I need to go to some of these viewpoints. My Map View Larger Map Hotels Check the map Sun Office probably gone, certainly no longer Sun…
Read moreMeta The bulk of this snip was written in 2008, much has changed since, although I am still, annoyingly a Sky customer. I updated it in November 2013 when I upgraded the box for free. Skyplus I have just spoken to Sky who have offered to upgrade my skybox for free. So that’s good then….
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Was it really this hard? How to get a passport, my notes, this site may have been simpler. …
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This was first written in 2008, various links are no longer available, and I have lost some of my supporting documentation but you might still consider bits of this article useful. I have tagged it as deprecated since next time I play BG1 or II I plan to use the NWN engine. 21st Century Install…
Read moreBecoming a Teacher The Guardian on the 29th March published a letter and reply in its Dr Woek column about becoming a teacher. The reply referenced http://www.lifelonglearninguk.org/ which is the body responsible for qualifications in teaching.
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Things to do next time The boat trip we took in July ’06 went down the Prinzengracht, with views of the West Kerke and the Pulitzer Hotel, named in “1000 places to see” by Patricia Schultz and adjacent to the Jourdain. Been there three times now, Xmas 2005 and early Summer 2006, and autumn 2008.
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The Eternal City, I visited in 2008, and made some notes and links; they are all broken now, but I have left the link to my map, which is a bit crap. Map View Larger Map
Read moreThis article describes my efforts to implement the configuration described at http://www.snipsnap.org in the Apache as a Proxy.
Read moreIntroduction This is a suspended/abandoned project. Harold Wilson Harold Wilson (Wikipedia) Harold Wilson’s Guardian Obituary Harold Wilson’s No 10 .gov page Neil Kinnock Neil Kinnock (Wikipedia) Niel Kinnock’s wikiquote page Google Neil Kinnock at the bbc Tony Blair Tony Blair (Wikipedia) his own words, a youtube video Links British Library Microforms index, includes a collection…
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The Ninafer mod for BG1 was hosted at the “Chosen of Mystra”. I found that her installation files seem to have disappeared from the internet. I have uploaded my disk copy to this page. The best I can offer is this zip file, called Nina.zip, it contains a setup.exe the .tp2 file and the supporting folder….
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Is this the future collaboration platform for the Internet, or another amazing waste of time. The EU Commission took it seriously for a while, and it’s still going. Here are my notes and links,
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Home Handset I have a BT Studio 1100. The customer services line is 0870 605 8047, and open between Mon-Fri 0830-1800, Sat 1000-1600. I found the BT Customer Services omnibus page on Google. 14th August 2007
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I have been down to Poole, the nine days ending 1st July. The company Moonfleet Sailing offer a nine day combined theory and practical course for the RYA Day Skipper. This offers a weekend in the class room, five days and nights on one of their yachts for the practical and the following weekend to finish…
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