Lost in La Paz 08.11.2008

During the week my Brother came on Gmail and was telling me that he has arrived in La Paz in Bolivia. However he also said that as he was changing buses he managed to loose the people he was with. He was slightly distressed as none of …

 

Inspirational 22.10.2008

Sorry about the gap in posting here but I have been extremely busy since I got back from Poland. When I got back I had some stuff to sort for university. I had limited Internet before I found my own room. Now I have my own room I have been …

 

How to get Firefox behaving (and looking) like Chrome 09.09.2008

If, like me, you like Google Chrome but miss some great addons such as ABP or Foxmarks then I’ll show you how to get Firefox to have some of the better features of Chrome by using some addons and get a similar look by installing a theme.

First the …

 

Poland: Sausage Dog Parade 2008 08.09.2008

Yesterday I attended the 14th Annual Sausage Dog Parade in Krakow, Poland. Below are the photos I captured of the cute little Dachshund Dogs dressed up in everything from a criminal to the carrier of the king to a footballer! The poor dogs were almost wilting in the 32c …

 

The Pound is so low to the Dollar? 04.09.2008


I didn’t realise the exchange rate is so low between the Pound and Dollar currently! Probably the story has been corrected by the time you read this but here is the link anyway.

 

Sausage Dog Parade 2008 30.08.2008

Last year I showed you some photos of the 13th Annual Sausage dog parade in Krakow. Well according to this website (link in Polish) the date of this years parade is 7th September. Hugh’s Space will be there to take even more photos of the cute little …

 

Ubuntu Preinstalled in Poland 30.08.2008

Today I saw this laptop in a computer store in Krakow, Poland. Notice anything different about it? Yes, it’s got Ubuntu preinstalled on it. I’ve read about many companies doing this but it is the first time I’ve seen it in a shop …

 

Prague Photos Online 23.08.2008

Last weekend I went to Prague in the Czech Republic. The photos are now online from this trip! Let me know what you think of them. :-)

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The Polish Desert 11.08.2008

Yesterday I went to a real life desert about an hours drive from Krakow. It’s called Błędów Desert (sometimes the Polish Sahara! (link in Polish)) and is a very strange phenomenon and quite unique to Central Europe. This being a desert there wasn’t much to take photos of! …

 

Current Ubuntu Desktop: Compiz Cylinder 07.08.2008

Remember the Cube? Well that is so 2007. Check out my latest desktop!

I found the instructions to get this from this post at this blog.

 

Latest Photos 01.08.2008

July was a busy month. I had just come back from 10 days at the Baltic coast of Poland and had a days rest before I was jetting off again to Portugal (new country). First we visited Lisbon and stayed there for one night and then Porto for the …

 

Firefox 3 surpasses 5 million Downloads! 18.06.2008

I made history. Did you? Firefox 3 is trying to get the most downloads in a 24 hour period. Currently it has just past the 5 million mark. It is just over halfway through the download day now. Will it reach 10 million? Only time will tell!! Of course …

 

New 3G iPhone 11.06.2008

The new 3G iPhone will be released on the 11th of July and they have dramatically cut the price of it this time. The biggest problem I have therefore (except no MMS) is how I will resist buying one when I go back to the UK. I’m hoping that the …