Monthly Archives: August 2010

Blogging on an iPad

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Ben Lavery

I’m currently in the Cardiff Apple store playing on an iPad and I’ve got to say it’s pretty good! The keyboard is much better than I thought it would be, plus you get all the benefits of the auto-correcting spelling. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye OpenSolaris

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Well, it looks like Oracle has pulled OpenSolaris.  Hopefully the Illumos project will continue and make some sort of replacement for the loss. Over the past week or so I’ve been thinking about jumping to FreeBSD, the project has ZFS … Continue reading →

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New job!

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Ben Lavery

After a while of searching, I’ve finally found a job! I now work for a company called Eldin in the Welsh town of Machynlleth. My job is to switch on and off the new ERTMS system that is being installed … Continue reading →

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