Farewell

Farewell

Yesterday my Nan passed away. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for the last five or so years, and early evening yesterday, the final stage of the disease kicked in and she left us. Its a sad time for everyone, and my thoughts are with my Grandad...
Farewell

Ugh

Well, after seemingly avoiding the cold that has been jumping from nostril to nostril, it seems I have finally been kicked in the spuds by it. I woke up today, disorientated, nose dripping, throat sore and feeling generally miserable. The only consolation for this...
Google Schmoogle

Google Schmoogle

## DVB cards Off work today on holiday, so I spent a little time fiddling with my MythTV box. I have a [Nova-T](https://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_novatpci.html) DVB card that has been lying around waiting to go into the box, so today I cracked it open,...
Speaking

Speaking

Added a new date to the [Events](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/events/) diary. This one is at [Manchester Linux User Group](https://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/) on Sat 21st January 2006. This will be my new advocacy talk, now titled *On the Front Line: Convincing...
Advocacy

Advocacy

So, it seems the current buzz is about [Linus giving GNOME a good shoeing](https://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/000390.html). To be honest, I don’t really see what the huge fuss is. As much as I respect Linus as a very talented...