Power Down

Posted in Computers on 4th February 2005

Woke yesterday to find there was no electrical humming noise in the room. Investigated and found the server completely unresponsive, with what seemed to be a blown power supply. Unfortunately, I had only minutes to spare before heading off to London. Revised my plans for the day and decided to...

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Ninety Minutes at Willesden Junction

Posted in Railways on 3rd February 2005

Having had a spanner thrown in the works by the failure of the server's power supply, plans had changed quite a bit by the time I arrived at Paddington this morning. The 'one of those days' effect remained in action, as the HST stock was late coming off St. Phillips...

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Picture This...

Posted in Updates on 2nd February 2005

I'm attempting to puzzle out my new camera. The manual is as thick as some novels I've read. Over the past few months of trying to improve the pictures I take, particularly in terms of railway photography, I realised that my Olympus C160 was not quite what I needed. Firstly,...

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