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The Gardening Trolls of Pennadomo, Italy

Posted by Techboy on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

It is a little known fact that there are trolls all around the Abruzzo province/region of Italy, but with a little knowledge and a lot of patience you might be able to track them down and catch a glimpse of them.
As in most societies, there are nice trolls and naughty trolls. Plus there is a [...]

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What I got for Christmas (besides fat)

Posted by Techboy on Saturday, December 26th, 2009

This year I got a Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash which is Canon’s most powerful flash unit for SLR’s
It will work great with my Canon 40D which is a digital SLR. I have always had an interest in photography and did a photography course in Italy last October. Plus I would like to [...]

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Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon (27/09/2009)

Posted by Techboy on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

I did the Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon today. It was my 2nd Sprint distance triathlon and I really enjoyed it. I can see me doing a lot more Triathlons on 2010
I got up at 0615, left my house at 0635 and got to the school at Roade at 0650. I thought I would [...]

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Well Whad’ya Know? I’m a Triathlete!

Posted by Techboy on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Well I’ve done 1 anyway.
As stated in my previous posts, by way of winning a prize in a competition, I got free entry into the For Goodness Shakes! Sponsored Sprint Triathlon (750m swimming, 20km cycling, 5km running) at Dorney Lake, Eton with less than 2 weeks notice!
I read the letter carefully which stated that registration [...]

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I’ve Bought a Road Bike! (Trek Madone 4.7)

Posted by Techboy on Friday, June 5th, 2009

I bought a new mountain bike in January and just 5 months on I’ve bought a road bike!
Over the past 18 months I have competed in several Adventure Races which are great fun, but there is always an element of luck in them because competitors can choose multiple routes. So I would like to try a [...]

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SAP Doesn’t ‘Get’ Twitter…

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

I currently subscribe to around 10 SAP RSS feeds, which is okay, although due to the nature of SAP and its modular approach to software; items are cross-posted to various RSS feeds meaning that I see a lot of duplication.

Now SAP have started to use Twitter, but their approach to it is to just [...]

Paul’s Favourite Windows Mobile Software

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Below is a list of software that I am currently running on my Windows Mobile device (HTC Touch HD).
I will keep this list updated. Feel free to comment.
All software is freeware unless otherwise specified.

HTC Hot Fixes (all need to be re-installed if you hard-reset the phone)
.net Compact Framework 3.5. Some of the program listed below [...]

Got the new Mobile – and have entered another 6 hour Adventure Race!

Monday, January 26th, 2009

A nice Royal Mail courrier knocked on my door this morning and handed me an HTC Touch HD.
I carefully unwrapped it, took it to work and charged it at my desk. Then I called O2 and got the on the ’special’ number discussed here http://www.modaco.com/content/blackstone-blackstone-modaco-com/278122/unlimited-web-on-o2-can-you-use-for-other-apps/. I was in a queue for about 30 seconds, then [...]

Finally – Life in HD!

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

After Sky messing up a couple of times (my first installation was due on 2nd October), I’ve finally got SkyHD up and running. Bring on 24 and Battlestar Galactica!
I’ve also had confirmation from mobiles.co.uk that my HTC Touch HD order has been processed, so I should get it on Monday.

New Mobile Phone on the Way (HTC Touch HD)

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I’ve ordered the HTC Touch HD from mobiles.co.uk.
It was out of stock when I ordered it (Thursday) but is now showing as in stock, so I should get it in a few days.
It is based on Windows Mobile 6.1, has a decent screen (resolution of 480×800) and a 528MHz processor (the iPhone has a 400MHz [...]

New Home Switch (hub)

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

I’ve just got the D-Link DGS-1005D 5 port Gigabit switch for home use. I plugged it in and it is working fine – as it should. Plus it uses their new ‘Green Ethernet‘ technology which claims to use up to 44% less energy, which is a good thing.
I’m using it to replace the Netgear equivellant [...]

I’ve got a new Home PC!

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Every couple of years I upgrade my PC. With the exception of my very first PC (a 486DX2 66MHz with 4MB’s RAM) I have upgraded/built the PC myself. It doesn’t work out any cheaper, it just means that I can custom pick every component that goes into it.
A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to:

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Description
Price
Shop [...]

The Whole Christmas and New Year Thing…

Monday, December 29th, 2008

I don’t like Christmas.
First of all, I prefer to write ‘xmas’ because the word ‘Christmas’ is too long is too religious for my liking.
I’m not a Scrooge by any means, but I don’t like the xmas period because:

It’s a religious holiday and I’m an atheist. I haven’t met a single person who I would consider [...]

Received: Windows Home Server (HP MediaSmart Server EX475)

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

I got my Windows Home Server yesterday and so far I am very impressed with it!
At the moment I just have it next to my PC, but although it isn’t very noisy, I will probably put out of my bedroom and into a spare bedroom.
The only negative about it right now is that it doesn’t [...]

Just Ordered: Windows Home Server (HP MediaSmart Server EX475)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

I’ve ordered the HP MediaSmart Server EX475 which is a Windows Home Server.
The main reasons I’ve ordered it are to:

Keep ‘proper’ and regular backups of all of my PC’s (currently 1 x Vista PC, 1 x XP laptop and 1 x Ubuntu PC)
Stream content (videos, pictures and music) to PC’s while my main PC [...]