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So, THE HOLIDAY is almost upon us. There have been bombings, but we are not concerned... I can go to London and get bombed. ETA have been bombing Spain for the past 25 years and people still go there. And I am not being prevented from having my relaxing holiday!
Anyway, whats been going on?
Well - got my new SME Server up and running on the Compaq SFF box. I installed the latest release - 7.0rc1 and its pretty damn slick, with lots of the user contributed add-ons as part of the package. Also, installed Dans Guardian on it and pointed Rhiannons PC at it to protect her web surfing. Just need to stick it in the rack and remove the old PC.
I installed SmoothWall on the other box and restored the backup file from my existing box - and although it seems to be working, I need to get that into the rack as well and running as the live box.
Elsewhere, I have been listening to the few Terry Pratchett Discworld books that I dont own. Yes - listening. Due to the great medium of audiobooks, I can get through a book in a couple of days while driving (Palm Tungsten, MP3 files and a cassette adapter), which is pretty cool.
For the holiday, I am taking the following "technology" items to maintain my sanity:- Egypt plug converter
- Mains charger with USB port
- USB charger for phone
- USB charger for Palm Tungsten
- 1Gb SD card installed in the Palm with various games and stuff
- 1GB SD Card with several albums on (in MP3 format)
- 128mb SD Card with about 100 eBooks for the Palm
- Gameboy Advance
- SuperCard SD for GBA
- 256Mb SD card with GBA, NES and SMS games including the Elite remake for the GBA
- Several batteries
Plus a couple of proper books including "Yes Man" by Danny Wallace, "Blood Of Angels" by Michael Marshall (the third in the "Straw Men" series), " The High Lord: The Black Magician Trilogy Book Three" by
Trudi Canavan and another book I cant remember. If that doesnt keep me occupied during the lengthy times of sunbathing and wondering what to do with myself with Shell is asleep, I don't know what will.
Especially with the lack of internet access - it's going to be like going "cold turkey". Although I am looking forward to that aspect. When I get back, the internet will be new again :)
There will of course be pictures galore uploaded to the gallery when I return.
In other news, Shell and I are confirmed Nintendo FanBoys. We currently have available to play:- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- Nintendo 64
- Nintendo Gamecube
- Sega Dreamcast
- Playstation 2 (4 of them, in need of repair)
- Commodore Amiga CD32 (currently in my office)
As I also have an original B&W Gameboy (the large one) and a GBA, I think we are missing a couple of GameBoy variants and a DS until we have a complete collection of the Nintendo lineup...
Next on the list might be the Sega range, as Shell is a huge Sonic fan...
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