Archive for February, 2011
Monday, February 28th, 2011
Like the rest of my day out reviews this is a review on how family friendly the site is, but unlike the others on this occasion I didn’t take the kids. The reason was because I didn’t have my children with me, but as I found out this was probably a good thing. Musée du […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
We had already bought our children a copy of the Fireman Sam Live on Stage DVD and the kids really enjoyed it. So when we saw that Fireman Sam was coming to the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham we jumped at the chance to buy tickets. It’s perhaps a good job we did as the tickets […]
Posted in Children, Days Out, dvd, Midlands, Redditch Worcestershire, Reviews, theatre | Comments Off on Fireman Sam – Live on Stage – Pontypandy Rocks
Friday, February 18th, 2011
In the past I have had very poor networking performance on my wireless network (Wireless LAN / WiFi) which appeared to have been caused by interference from other networks. I’ve since upgraded to a Belkin N Wireless Cable router which has certainly improved performance, but I notice that I’m still get some quite slow WiFi […]
Posted in Computers, Linux, networking | Comments Off on Ubuntu Linux – slow wireless network speed – force adapter speed
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The First Aid and Emergency Services photo gallery on First Aid Quiz.com has been upgraded to a new alpha version of the PenguinGallery web photo gallery software. This now means that the photos have more meaningful titles. It also means that it is easier to add new photo galleries and mean that new features can […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
I’ve already written a post about how easy it is to buy sustainable tinned fish from a supermarket, but what about fresh and frozen fish. Until recently there seamed to be little choice at the supermarket except for frozen pollock (alternative haddock) or frozen coley (alternative to cod), but with help to the publicity from […]
Posted in Cooking, Family, General | Comments Off on Buying and cooking fresh and frozen sustainable fish
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The River Cottage Fish Book is not just a cookery book. It’s also a useful guide to anglers planning to eat their catch and to those concerned about the sustainability of the fish we eat. It is the sustainability of the fish that makes this book stand out from all the others. UK consumers are […]
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