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Found him in a supermarket rummage bin
I have a new friend; easier to keep than the rest of my Fish too 
It’s kit 30025 if anyone wants one of their own.
 November 25th, 2011 |  Owen October 25th, 2011 | Owen..that they need an Atlas of The Universe? Put me in my place… September 27th, 2011 | OwenCharlie Chaplin, the superb closing speech from The Great Dictator, 70+ years old and still as relevant today as ever. September 21st, 2011 | OwenSo, my main PC is a Acer Aspire M3201, cheap and cheerful, It has been fine for me.. But I’ve been transcoding some video lately and it feels sluggish compared to my works machine. It only has a x250 twin core processor: time to see what a RS780HVF motherboard can go up to: and the answer is: any AM3 socket chip which draws 95W or less, which includes several 4 core processors that are now dropping in price. Upgrade time soon I think. July 28th, 2011 | Owen#6 : An enigmatic being composed of pure energy attempts to interface to the Enterprise’s computer, only to find out that it has forgotten to bring the right leads. July 27th, 2011 | Owen
Actually; I need to empty my account first; but their helpful savant at least showed me the way. July 5th, 2011 | Owen Honeycomb UI goodness. So now I have a working Android tablet; with ‘VegaComb‘ on it; a lash-up (hacked) version of Android 3.0 Honeycomb UI stuff running on a Android 2.3 kernel.. Very handy; biggest problem is that Flash is not working; so it’s just like having an Ipad July 1st, 2011 | OwenBooHiss: Looks like I need this: http://desire.giesecke.tk/advent-vega-steps-to-flash-a-new-rom/ I have a Brick; doorstop; paperweight.. whatever. Certainly not a working tablet.. Then see if I can get the Cyanogen Mod7 in on it June 24th, 2011 | OwenFollowing close on the heels of the LED navlights from yesterday (which are very bright, I tested them last night) I received my depth sounder and compass today The compass is removable; has battery powered LED lighting in the handle, and I got two mounting brackets so I can have both a port and starboard position for it. I’m hoping that the keel (which is the only significant ferrous mass in the boat) is far enough away that the compass does not need a compensator. Another nice point is that this can be used as a hand-bearing compass too; for taking sightings when using traditional visual navigation. The depth sounder looks nice, I was delighted to find that it does not need a huge hole in the cabin bulkhead where I plan to mount it, and the electrical connections look trivial. The hard part is mounting the transducer properly; I’ll probably end up using a tube, filled with water, glued with silicone inside the hull. This allows the transducer to beam through the hull itself without making any holes.. I’ll put out a report on this and the other things I’m fitting once I have the job done and all lessons learned.  New toys for Coppelia  The main unit looks easy to fit to the cabin bulkhead, the sensor needs more effort. June 23rd, 2011 | OwenLED navigation lights for boats are now getting affordable.. A few years ago it was a new thing and very expensive. But I just picked up a set of basic navlights suitable for Coppelia; for just over 100 Euros. They look well made; are properly certified (she’s under 7 meter in length), and should only put a very low drain on her battery; plus she has LED internal lighting too! Now I’m waiting for a Depthsounder and Compass to arrive  Nice solid units; stainless covers and decent weather sealing.  Unfortunately the stern lamp needs a cutout.. June 10th, 2011 | OwenI’ve been running Fedora15 for a couple of weeks on my work computer; and I have to say I’m loving Gnome3.. lots of frustration when switching over, it’s not a traditional desktop interface.. much more radical than, say, Windows7. But a bit of perserverence and I’m starting to really get into how it works. But I cant wait for Gnome3.1, and I miss my screensaver |
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