I grabbed this shot from the TV – chicken glasses.
Why rose tinted glasses for chickens? See here for details.
Not my usual “photo of the day” but I could not resist this technology from the past. It must have been an interesting job to sit and fit the glasses to hundreds of chickens!
I thought I had been to the oldest inn in Scotland – read more here.
I am sure there is a semantic reason why they both appear to be claiming the same accolade.
I have just finished watching the Stanford Cardinal take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2013 Rose Bowl – live from Pasadena.
It was a good game – action packed throughout – until Stanford clinched the win, 14 to 20.
Provided for us by Google – not quite as cheerful as yesterday’s “little girl eaten by wolf” doodle.
What’s a doodle? Click here.
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I have posted an article on the Octagon website describing how we are taking old laptops and installing a version of Linux to them to make them useful again – read more here.
The notebook I have changed over to Linux is one that I use for work but I also take it with me on trips away – mainly for watching videos on, but it does occasionally come in useful for work if I cannot do the particular task on my iPhone.
One program that I would like to have access to when away is Memory Map – so I can plan and review routes on a larger screen, compared to doing it on my iPhone – however when Windows XP was installed on the Acer notebook there was not enough drive space left to install the software to.
Lunbuntu includes WINE, a program that allows Windows programs to be installed and run under Linux, so I thought I would try installing and licensing Memory Map.
Memory Map running using WINE on a Lunbuntu netbook
It was a success, as you can see from the screenshot above. I have installed the most of the maps for the software on a memory card that is left in the netbook at all times. I store my routes and points of interest in my DropBox account so I can access them from my iPhone – read more here – I can access the same files using Chromium on the netbook.
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It is not a picture today, but a time-lapse video, showing you “how to move a space shuttle across LA by road”. Watch out for the bit where the shuttle goes right past people’s bedroom windows.
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. I have it set as one of my browser home pages, so I do not miss the best pictures.
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Coniston Old Man – Richard Williams – Freelance Photographer.
Richard has posted his photos of our wild camping trip to the Old Man of Coniston – just in time as we are off to the Lake District again this weekend for more photographs.
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