…folks can catch up… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/12/uk-strike-days-calendar-the-public-service-stoppages-planned-for-december There’s a combined rail and Highways Agency strike. So the motorways will resemble moving car parks. Some of our so-called “smart” motorways may even be…
…one product dominate the industry again, such as we have all suffered under Micro$haft. Readers might be interested to play with with EyeOS – a web-based operating system… http://www.garfnet.org.uk/projects/eyeos http://www.eyeos.org…
…you will need to measure the voltage. Usually it is standard 230 volt 50Hz mains – often via some sort of chopping-dimmer arrangement. Then you need to consider the connection….
This is an update to the Dell OS-free laptop fiasco:- http://www.garfnet.org.uk/joomla/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=182&Itemid=331 Seems that whilst Dell cannot be bothered to respond to our enquires with regard to buying laptops OS-free,…
We believed it would make managing GarfNet much easier. However, recent issues upgrading to Joomla 1.5.x have brought this decision into question….
…Anthology:- https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/category/christmas-cards/ Image was created/edited using GIMP, a free, open source graphics package bundled with many Linux distributions. Free download for Windows & Linux… http://www.gimp.org “Tux”, the original Linux penguin…
…ruler, Olympus stereo digital recorder, LED ring-flash, small ICOM IC-R20 HF/VHF/UHF comms receiver, spare batteries, headphones, RTL 2832 USB SDR USB stick, perhaps a few Cokin filters. There’s also just…
…a moment, I’d like to consider exactly where AI imaging might be headed? Much-hyped products such as Craiyon and DALL·E 2 will come and go. However the underlying OpenAI will…
Today our planet is suffering what appears to be Microsoft’s biggest ever outage. Seems the culprit is a piece of buggy “security” software provided by a company called Crowdstrike. Or…
…on my trusty Benbo Trekker tripod, via an Arca-compatible quick release. I also carried a second µ4/3 camera, a Lumix DMC-GX7 in order to to photograph the kit and caboodle….
…the kids in the computing process. Penguin powered The operating system is a special version of Linux based on Red Hat. This will run on microprocessors that require comparatively little…
…it hidden under the bedclothes so my mum never found out, I soon realised just how insular and generally pisspoor most our media is in here the UK. Back in…
…are equipped with compatible IEC 60320-C13 leads. So it made sense to use compatible IEC connections on these units too. Tow converted lamps complete with IEC 60320 plugs. Then I…
…basic Peak Design design itself. I just don’t like the horrendous price! Hence my interest in Chinese “PD-compatibles“. So far I’ve been able to covert to “PD-compatible“: 5 DSLR/MILC or…
Strolled across to the Common to take a few snaps of this years Balloon and Flower Festival. The weather was unusually dry and clear and I managed to grab some…
…USB drive or similar) Then I typed these commands in a terminal window… sudo sed -e ‘s/\sfeisty/ gutsy/g’ -i /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Note, this should be…
…shed roofs in order to monitor and share astronomical events… https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/ Banner animation by Phoenix7777 – Own work. Data source: HORIZONS System, JPL, NASA, CC BY-SA 4.0… https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128118814 …
…signal. The data is compressed and there are a wide variety of compression techniques used. Some are better than others. But they all introduce a slight delay into the signal….
…of PCs free of worms for years. And it’s pretty easy to understand & set up. http://www.zonelabs.com/ Better, how about a hardware firewall? Your needs may be more complex than…
…believe that it is exactly what the BBC is planning to do. This is from way-back in 2014… https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/15/bbc-iplayer-encryption-subscriptions-licence-fee Meantime, if you have any useful info, then please contact us….
…of the newer Linuxes boasts loads of other nice features too, such as an adware-free weather station and network clock sync. You can download it for free from… https://www.mepis.org https://debian.org…
I’m ashamed to admit that I managed to drop my camera c/w my favourite 14mm-150mm Tamron super-zoom lens yesterday. I failed to secure the camera correctly to the tripod and…
