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Lisbon, Portugal, day 9

ByGarf created2005-09-04 23:592025-02-06 17:14 updated2025-02-06 17:14 Digital pictures, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Lisbon, Portugal, day 9.

Electronics | Equipment | FAQ | General | Journal | Photography | Technology

SD cards become read-only on insertion
ByGarf 2024-09-072025-08-18

One of the most annoying features on standard SD cards is the write protect tab. This tab often seems to get caught and pushed into the “read only” position when one inserts an SD card into a card reader or camera. Thus rendering the card “read only”. It seems a particular issue with the slots…

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Journal | Linux | Technology

I want to try Linux, is it best to dual boot? or what?
ByGarf 2009-07-102024-12-06

I always found dual booting is a pain and I’d far rather have removable boot disks that can be sized and optimised for the OS they contain. In the old days when we used to run Windows, I fitted removable boot drives in our servers & desktops and cloned the boot disks so that if…

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Hungary | Journal | Radio | Travelogue

“This Is Hans in Ungarn, from Pécs, Hungary…”
ByGarf 2014-01-102025-11-08

“…playing his favourite music, I hope you like it.”

These are the first words you will hear when you connect to the internet radio stream of Radio Pécs International. And I recently had the pleasure of meeting the man behind the show, Hans Randau. His station is located in a small basement room in his lovely home, which overlooks Pécs, a Mediterranean style town about 200km south of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

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Journal | Linux | Microsoft Windows Tax Scam | Technology

Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 5 – Acer, the most shameful response so far
ByGarf 2009-11-262024-12-06

On 2009-11-26, I wrote to Acer UK to establish what its policy was regarding the Microsoft Tax. This was its response:- Hello, Thank you for contacting Acer. Regarding your enquiry, The value would be £33.95 for vista home premium. This can only be refunded within 30 days of purchase and to get it refunded you…

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London Golf Show – arrival the night before
ByGarf 2005-04-212025-02-06

My girlfriend was working for the London Golf Show and asked me if I’d care to join her in for a few days ad take lots of pictures of the show. Naturally I agreed. These are a few snaps as we arrived the night before the show began, at the Excel Centre, London.

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West Quay Southampton
ByGarf 2004-06-272025-02-06

I had to go to Southampton’s West Quay shopping centre today. It was quite a nice sunny day. There was hardly anyone around and almost everything was closed. So I stopped for a few snaps.

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