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This is my blog. It's not very big and I don't post as often as I should, but I'm trying to remedy that... I have a wide range of interests - some of which may find their way here.
I've recently undergone a bit of a lifestyle change through both circumstance and choice - though by taking each challenge one step and one day at a time - almost anything is possible.
3 (Hutchison 3G UK) – Worst Customer Service Award

3 (Hutchison 3G UK) – Worst Customer Service Award

I’ve been a customer of 3 for many, many years – in fact I was a customer of 3 right back when they came along to the UK market and were really just Orange, with a different operator name displayed on your handset!  I’ve been such a fanboy of 3 [...]

Enabling Remote Access on Ubuntu 11.04

Enabling Remote Access on Ubuntu 11.04

I had recently moved my Ubuntu 11.04 “server” away from my work area where it was running via a bridged wifi connection from my main workstation and installed it in the living room, plugging it directly into the ADSL router.  This gives me the advantage that other PC’s and Android [...]

An awesome Christmas present for your teen and £200 – both for free!

An awesome Christmas present for your teen and £200 – both for free!

OK, well not quite free, but this is a tactic that we have used previously when money has been tight at Christmas – and believe me when we say that it has actually saved us money every month. If you have a teenager, then you’ll likely know the frustration of [...]

Configuring apache2 to work with subdomains on Ubuntu 11.04

Configuring apache2 to work with subdomains on Ubuntu 11.04

This post will be absolute techno-babble for most of my readers and if you don’t understand the title then it’s probably best that you skip the rest….  I’ll post something with a wider audience appeal soon, however I needed to document these steps for my own future use (as my memory sucks!) [...]

Chef Pépin – Deboning a Chicken Galantine Ballotine

Chef Pépin – Deboning a Chicken Galantine Ballotine

I regularly watch foodie videos and have just stumbled across an absolutely awesome video of one of the great French masters, Pépin that I just had to post! I just wish I could de-bone a chicken as quickly and neatly as that…