Since managing a lengthy walk in one session, 40 miles around Cannock Chase, I have always wanted to do a large circular again. I attempted the Surrey Greensand Monster (18 miles) but failed three times – I was overweight and out of practice. Although my weight is reasonable, I have aged a decade since the Cannock Chase and I have another challenge to overcome.
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Biology in the 90s focused on concepts of organisms and competition for environmental resources. A better paradigm to understand ecosystems is as a community of organisms. Sometimes though, organisms are so inter-dependent it almost seems archaic to still view them as separate. Take yourself, for example, you’re made up of individual cells. Are you a community of organisms or are you one organism?
Read moreWindows Media player may have just been the default media player on many Windows versions but it was actually pretty decent. The most useful feature was the toolbar that appeared when the player was minimised but for some reason, MS omitted this feature in Windows 10.
Read moreUsing an older Xbox 360 driver for a Thrustmaster wheel prevented Windows 10 crashing.
Read moreA network router-level firewall policy for UDP flood defense prevented web browers downloading files on network hosts.
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Using work undertaken to communicate over USB with the OWI Robotic Arm, I wrote a program, in Python, to control the robotic arm.
Read moreThis worldwide fast food chain’s supply chain is horrific. I mean, people are buying cheap buckets full of sliced up young chickens (they’re killed after a couple of months) and think this company (that generated $3 Billion revenue in 2021) has kindness to animal lives on its agenda?
Read moreGarmin Virb uses an embedded IE (Internet explorer) browser to show the maps but as IE is outdated (even before 2018). Google maps uses new javascript resources that IE does not support so the maps may not show. Additionally the IE browser will be deactivated by Microsoft.
Read moreRecently, I took part in a Discord server, hosted by a gamer I’d met online. Another user (by the name Samuksis) had posted some disturbing anti-Semitic content. I was disgusted by this and informed Discord. Discord did nothing and ignored my communications on the issue (via email and Twitter).
Read moreNow that Google have ceased the Stadia service and enabled the Stadia controllers to be switched to bluetooth mode, I started using mine on the PC but there’s a problem.
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