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Happy New Year 2007
ByGarfWishing all our readers and supporters a a happy, successful New Year
Escape to Hong Kong – Mui Wo beach
ByGarfI needed to get away from things for a while. Fortunately an old pal had a spare room in his basement, in his house on one of the outer Hong Kong islands. Today we went to Mui Wo Beach, about 1 km from his house.
Gibbseys Christmas lights
ByGarfI have a pal whose house lights up like a Christmas tree – literally. So whenever he does this, I always nip over thee with a camera…
Merry Christmas 2021
ByGarfCoronavirus is still a big thing and the latest variant codenamed “omicron” is particularly infectious is causing clinicians great concern because of its rapid spread. We just managed to avoid another Christmas lock-down here in the UK. But another one is expected soon. So it seems Mr Goose may be stuck with loads more DIY…
My camera cards keep getting corrupted. Can I prevent this?
ByGarfI’ve had cheapo cards that I dropped, kicked, trod on, used a squillion times, paid the proverbial tuppence ha’penny for and they are still going. Others, even the expensive ones have failed or become flaky within a few months – or worse, clapped out just outside the warranty. Similarly hard disks can fail in the…
Windows applications running successfully on Linux using WINE
ByGarfAt time of writing, we have got all the following Windoze apps running very adequately on Linux – using either WINE or Codeweavers Crossover (a commercial implementation of WINE). Of course we have replaced many legacy Windoze applications with equivalent (or sometimes better) Linux apps. Other Windoze apps are currently irreplaceable. This is an assessment…
