Monthly Archives: September 2009

Clean up Grub and default boot after Ubuntu Upgrade

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Brian

A bug bear of mine is that when you update or upgrade Ubuntu, it leaves all sorts of junk in the Grub menu and screws the default setting. The solution is easy, boot into Ubuntu, open the menu.lst (sudo gedit … Continue reading →

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Acer Aspire Recovery

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Brian

I have been trying to restore an Acer Aspire 5310. The laptop had not had its recovery CD built, would not boot with a registry error and the BIOS had a password that was unknown. Don’t despair you can restore … Continue reading →

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Recycling and waste policy in the bin

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Brian

I honestly think we need to re-examine our waste policy and not leave it to local councils. Why, because they all come up with different solutions to the same problem and different solutions cost more and lose the benefits of … Continue reading →

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T-Mobile impresses as I move on

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Brian

I am coming to the end of an 18 Month contract with T-Mobile and the whole Family is moving onto the 3 network. The free 3 to 3 calls are too good and the savings from those will almost make … Continue reading →

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Digital radio adverts annoy

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Brian

I know it takes a lot to annoy me but the latest radio adverts for digital radio take the biscuit. The implication is that you will never again suffer from missing part of your programme ever again and you will … Continue reading →

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