The Rhyme of Sim'

I was having a debate about whether we should add a blog feature to our website – which already has a discussion forum. The comment made to me was: Maybe I don’t understand blogs … but what is the difference between what we’d say in blogs and what we say in forum posts that we … [Read More »]

Just looking at one of the bits of paper that came with the docking station I bought for my new laptop from Lenovo. I think it is supposed to be some form of notice or warning – but I couldn’t really work out what they were saying ! Docking Station for Lenovo ThinkPad Notebook PC … [Read More »]

Just remembered – my other “new” laptop arrived today too !!! I bought a reconditioned T41 ThinkPad from IBM (probably ex-staff machine), to use as a server. I’ve been running an old T22 for the last couple of years as my always-on server, which runs my backups and my digital set-top-box EPG (electronic program guide), … [Read More »]

Okay – I’ve got the ThinkPad T60 operational, complete with memory upgrade to 2GB (would have liked to go higher, but the 2GB modules are about 4 times the price of the 1GB modules at the moment … buying two 2GB memory modules would cost more than the laptop does !!!!!) I also bought the … [Read More »]

Yay – my new T60 ThinkPad arrived this afternoon – I can move everything off my desktop machine and let it go back to being just a games machine. I also got a memory upgrade and a docking station. Will post more once I’ve spent some time setting it up.