Thanks for dropping by. I'm Dougie Nisbet and I live in Durham. I'm an ex-IT person who still likes a dabble. Nowadays I'm retraining in Arboriculture at Houghall College. I spend a lot of time dabbling with computers and thinking of ways in which technology can help me learn stuff. This blog will discipline me into writing things down so that in 6 months time I can look back and figure out how I did something that I want to do again.
Cupar & Cruella Devilla
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I had my own wee Festival of Fife this weekend. Some of thefast times
posted in the past at the Cupar 5 hadn’t gone unnoticed and Ithought it
would be goo...
The golden arse beam method.
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Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 9 July 2011 Since I was a teenager,
whenever I have a pivotal life event coming – an exam, or an interview –
I perform...
Straits of Fortune
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After so many missed games nights I decided to get out my ships, set up the
table with scenery and have a game using the "It is Warm Work" rules. I was
pre...
Memorising Poetry
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Photo by SurrealMuse
Memorise poetry? You've got to be kidding! I had to memorise long, boring
poems in primary school. So why should I have to do it...
The Ragwort Problem
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Here on Bembridge Down, as in many other parts of the UK, Ragwort Senecio jacobaea has been taking over large areas of rough grazing land. The Cinnabar Moth ...
RemotePad (iPhone + Ubuntu)
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I've used synergy/quicksynergy in the past for controlling the mouse and
keyboard on my desktop with the mouse and keyboard on my laptop. There is
an app f...
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