Crude Oil price has shot up after Easter holidays, and at start of the second quarter.
Installing TrueCrypt on Ubuntu 8.10
Still being an Ubuntu newbie and learning, today I was looking for instructions to install the latest version of truecrypt. http://www.truecrypt.org I mentioned in my previous blogpost that I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my Dell Mini 9. This is a guide for beginners such as myself so please forgive me for being long-winded. In order to […]
Upgrading Ubuntu on your Dell Mini 9
Apart from a few user commands that I know to get by in unix (e.g. ls, mv, cp, top, etc), I am a bit of a noob when it comes to Linux. I bought a Dell Mini 9 a year ago, and I hardly used it because of its cough cripped version of Ubuntu 8.04. I […]
Some photos… Newquay, Aug 2009
I spent another summer holiday in Newquay, and I stayed at the Great Western Hotel. The hotel is centrally located (50 metres opposite the train station), modestly priced, rooms are clean, has 2 nice bars (indoor and outdoor) and a restaurant, staffs are friendly and helpful. I highly recommend it. But the best of all is: the hotel […]
Rising cost of renting
The cost of renting a home is rising as “reluctant landlords” sell-up in the recovering housing market, various surveys have suggested. Rents in England and Wales rose by 0.5% in July compared with June – the fastest rate in a year, according to letting agent LSL Property Services. The number of homes available for tenants […]
First post!
OK, I finally installed wordpress and started my own blogging website on this bank holiday. More contents are coming up. [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/towan-beach-surfing.wmv]