Skin of Stars

Firstly, my apologies for missing last weeks post. I was having a delightful holiday in Italy with various members of my family and the g/f. Lovely it was, we stayed in a Trullo and a fun time was had by all. Before I left I got myself a new computer, a netbook of the EeePC 901 variety. After consideration of … Read the remaining 519 words

Just a quick and easy one this time! At least once a week I get called up to fix a computer and it’s almost always the same thing; spyware. So here is the usual rundown on how I approach a fix. First thing I (almost) always say: No, there is no need to wipe your computer, we can just clean … Read the remaining 610 words

Today is the start of a new academic year at Oxford Brookes. As we would say here “Week 1″. I get to start this new year with no lectures today, which frankly is quite lucky as I still have many things to sort out. Still, I decided to get up early, well, early for me, 9:30am. A habit I’m going … Read the remaining 227 words

What am I driving at with a revamp of a blog that I once killed? Well… I always wanted an area of the net I can call my own. I’d registered skinofstars.com some time ago but I’d never really got round to sorting it out. In the end I just annoyed myself, this is my bit so I really should … Read the remaining 92 words

This Drupal install has been replaced with WordPress I’ve just added some more sections to the site. Social – covers various social networking sites. Net Work – this section is like a portfolio of my work on the internet (job please!). Geekness – a section where I can while away time on my more general interests in computing, expect lots … Read the remaining 109 words

**UPDATE** Blog has now been imported to this site – now found here, on the front page! – New site as the old one bothered me for being so bad. The (currently inactive) blog can still be found at /blog but will be integrated in time. Updates will probably be coming thick and fast, as is my want with new … Read the remaining 0 words