I have a PC at home, which is permanently switched on. I’ve wondered just how much the PC costs to run, and I recently got the opportunity to find out. I’ve borroweed a Electricity Plug-In Power and Energy Monitor, which I’ve been evaluating. The monitor provides voltage, current and consumed power readings. The monitor plugs […]

I went along to the National Boat Caravan and Leisure Show at the NEC at the weekend. In general the show was an improvement on previous years, and it appeared that even more had been crammed into the 5 Halls than usual. One thing that was memorable from the show, for all the wrong reasons, […]

This is a review of the My CBeebies Album, CD and DVD. This is the one with the yellow case. There is a similar music CD with 2 CDs instead of the second disc being a DVD. The CD only version is a bit older, so doesn’t include some of the newer songs, but shares […]

This is a disappointing time, as I’ve now disabled a feature due the selfish actions of Spammers. The forum on PenguinTutor website has had posts disabled. Hopefully this is a temporary measure until I have time to investigate alternative forum software with better SPAM support. Since the forum was launched in September last year there […]

I suspect the book is only available in the UK as it is titled based on a UK Government Publication “The Highway Code” which gives drivers details of the legal aspects of driving in the UK. I suspect there is a similar book available in the US and other countries, but I don’t know what […]

This is an update to the Previous Blog Entry: Baby Friendly Shopping – Coventry Town Centre. In the earlier post I mentioned that the Belgrade Plaza Car Park, whilst not particularly baby friendly, wasn’t too bad for parking with a baby. After I parked there this weekend, I’d actually now say the opposite, that in […]

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has been running some pilot level 3 exams for a while. See: LPI to run free LPI level 3 (beta) exams at LinuxWorld Expo. They have now officially launched the LPIC-3 certification program. The following extract is taken from their press release: Linux Professional Institute Launches LPIC-3 Certification Program “The […]

We’ve had quite a bit of snow yesterday and today. It’s been some time since we’ve actually had some snow that was bad enough to cause travel problems. I live in a small cul-de-sac with only a few cars driving down the road each day. As a result there is not enough traffic to keep […]

Network port numbers provide a way of communicating with the correct application over a network. For example to view this page your browser knows of this by it’s website name, which is then translated into an IP address to find the computer to connect to. See: Basic TCP/IP Network Guide (DNS Section). Once the browser […]

Unfortunately due to financial difficulties the Coventry City Farm has now closed down. See more children farms on Days Out Diary website. I have previously visited the Coventry City Farm Fun Day 2006, and I have now visited the farm on a normal day. We visited on Sunday, spending about an hour there with my […]