Waiting for a new hinge for the dishwasher door to be delivered. We got this thing in 2002. At the end of 2009 it started cutting out and we got a repairman in to fix it. He came twice, failed to diagnose the problem, changed the motherboard, quickly gave up. We decided to replace the… Continue reading Repairs
Category: Non-Work
A quick update on Firefox OS
A couple of months ago I wrote about having bought a Geeksphone Keon, one of the early developer devices for FirefoxOS. I haven't done much—all right, any—developing with it, but I have continued to use it and update it occasionally on the Firefox 1.2 developer track. Some of the changes so far: Navigation and browsing have… Continue reading A quick update on Firefox OS
How the Lenovo Yoga 11s compares
Previously... I was after a new small laptop and wasn't sure what sort to get. I bought a Lenovo Yoga 11s (in grey). After a few days' use, here's how it compares against the criteria I had in mind when I bought it. No bigger in any dimension than an A4 pad. The Yoga is just… Continue reading How the Lenovo Yoga 11s compares
Suggest a Laptop
I'd like to replace my "small laptop", the one I use when doing a bit of development work on a train or in a coffee shop, and I'm having trouble finding something suitable. Can anyone suggest something I might have missed? Things I care about are No bigger in any dimension than an A4 pad.… Continue reading Suggest a Laptop
Helios
I found my old Russian SLR camera a few days ago. It's a Zenit EM Olympic edition, a tie-in from the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The Russian Zenit, and more so its East German cousin the Praktica, were popular manual SLR cameras for beginner photographers in the UK in the 80s and 90s. I got mine… Continue reading Helios
So, the cloud
I had intended to follow up my last post with a long, informative piece about where the various cloud hosting providers were registered and where they kept their data. I had hoped to work out how to escape from the situation in which all of my personal and business data is being provided to foreign… Continue reading So, the cloud
The Breakfast Post 