Two Old Friends
Posted in Computers on 18th January 2004
I love my digital camera. Its a Kodak DC210. It only works via the serial port, and its old. I specifically sought one out on eBay because I'd borrowed one and it worked perfectly in the old gtk 1.x version of gphoto. More importantly, it was so simple even I...
Two heads are better than one slightly fuzzy and out of focus head
Posted in Computers on 18th January 2004
Since I managed to get an improvement in quality on the LCD using the DVI port on the Radeon, I decided to try setting up my old Dell Ultrascan 15" monitor on the VGA port. With some very simple tweaking, got X running both heads sensibly. Starting GNOME also 'just...
Another Valley Journey
Posted in Railways on 16th January 2004
The first day of my slightly extended week off. Totally unplanned for, and possibly occuring at the worst time financially possible, being in the middle of a month where payday fell earlier than usual. Kicked off with a long promised trip up the next Welsh Valley. Astute readers will recall...