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Escape to Hong Kong – The Peak

ByGarf created2004-01-12 23:592025-02-06 17:22 updated2025-02-06 17:22 Digital pictures, Hong Kong, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Decided to ride the Peak ram up to The Peak, to get a few snaps across the city.

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GNUCash – serious open source accounting software
ByGarf 2008-05-102024-12-06

Nowadays, one reads a lot about open source equivalents of proprietary software. Often these are described as poor substitutes for the real thing. However, some open source apps are starting seriously to outperform their proprietary counterparts. Mozilla Firefox is a classic example of this phenomenon. GNUCash is another. GNUCash vs Microsoft Money I was a…

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Buying tips
ByGarf 2007-10-122025-02-06

These days I am more concerned with bangs-per-buck rather than the latest, greatest technology. This kit is so disposable nowadays and the technology changes so quickly that I think you need to adopt a completely different purchase strategy. This is my strategy for consumer durables such as digital cameras and computers… Do some research and…

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Treo 650 Smartphone
ByGarf 2005-06-062025-02-06

A client has lent me a Palm Treo to play with for a few weeks. The Palm Treo is quite an interesting device, it combines the functionality of a mobile phone with a Palm Pilot. It’s built in camera is rather poor and its design needs some work. But I suspect what I have in…

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Southampton Common
ByGarf 2008-05-182025-02-06

Another walk across Southampton Common, camera in hand

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Pécs TV Torony
ByGarf 2008-10-162025-02-06

Another pilgrimage to the top of one of my favourite places: the observation platform on the 197 metre Pécs TV Torony

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How do you install Google’s Chromium browser on (K)Ubuntu Linux?
ByGarf 2009-07-092024-12-06

Unfortunately the new Google Chromium open source browser is not included in the Ubuntu software repositories yet. Therefore installing it is a little more complex than other Ubuntu applications. But it still takes less than five minutes. Here’s how… 1. You need to tell your system to connect to the appropriate software repository. That is,…

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