Toys for Toddlers – Colour Doodle, Great for car journeys
Keeping young children entertained on long car journeys is a challenge. I should know, driving my toddler daughter for a
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WatkissOnline – Stewart's Blog
Various ramblings from an IT professional
Author: Stewart
Sony accuses almost all owners of MP3 players of being pirates
According to a recent announcement from Sony – almost all Media / MP3 players users are pirates. In fact it
Read MoreUseful website for RS232 / Serial connectivity
One of the advantages of Linux (UNIX) over some other operating systems is that it can be maintained on the
Read MoreV.Smile Baby – TV Games Console for Young Children
The first Toy Review: V.smile Baby – Computer Console for Babies and Young Children from vtech, was mainly a technical
Read MoreAmbulance, FA Cup, Italian Job, The Blitz and a Time Machine
The refurbishment has gone ahead and the museum is now a huge improvement on what it was before. I’m not sure if it is completely finished, I think there were plans to move or refurbish the cafe, but other than that most of the exhibits seam to be in their final destinations. I must say that I am very impressed by the new exhibits that have been completed since I was last there. This includes a road layout with an Ambulance donated by Warwickshire St John Ambulance, a mini showing how the tunnel scenes for the original Italian Job (the one starring Michael Cane) were actually filmed in Coventry, and an example of a production line.
Read MoreThunderbird Email Client version 2 – Easy to use – SAFE email client
The Thunderbird email client (created by the same group that create the Firefox browser) reached version 2 earlier this year,
Read MoreToys for Children and Babies – Teletubby Bath Island
With Christmas coming up here this is the first of a few toy reviews for babies and young children. There
Read MoreDay out with a toddler – Gullivers children’s theme park – Milton Keynes
We visited the Gulliver’s Theme Park in Milton Keynes with our 2 year old daughter. We had visited before with
Read MoreBatch resizing images on Linux or Windows – ImageMagick convert command
With the resolution of today’s digital cameras it is often necessary to resize the files to make them smaller. You
Read MoreSCO vs. IBM – SCO vs. Linux – SCO has lost!
The big trial over ownership of Linux has all but been resolved and it’s clear that SCO has lost. SCO
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