Heart and circulatory disease is the UK’s single biggest killer. Heart Matters is a free service from the British Heart Foundation. It is a useful service to find out about heart disease for yourself or for a family member or friend; or if you are looking at ways to keep your heart healthy. It includes […]

The latest version of Ubuntu Linux version 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx was released at the end of April. As usual I upgraded my computers to the latest version, but took a phased and cautious approach just in case. At home I have three computers (plus one that my daughter uses) all of which run Ubuntu. […]

I’ve added a new comment feature to my blogs on WatkissOnline.co.uk, FirstAidQuiz.com and PenguinTutor.com. I’ve chosen to use the Facebook comment feature. If you have a Facebook account then you can add comments using your Facebook login and it means that the comments can be shared with friends on Facebook. I’ve set-up the comments in […]

In the past I have taken a baby on a day out on a steam train at both the Severn Valley and Howarth and Keithley and Worth Valley Railways. Although we had a good day out in the past it was hard work having to accommodate the needs of a baby such as feeding, changing […]

I’ve recently being trying out the new Unity interface for Ubuntu. It’s in development at the moment so it’s not really ready for mainstream use yet, but it’s going to be the main interface to Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) in the next few months, so I thought I’d take a look. First – here is […]