For some time my Synology DiskStation NAS DS210j, Windows 8.1 and Canon Pixma iX5000 have been living in harmony. Today this ended. The printer connects to a USB port on the NAS and the PC prints via the local network to the printer. No matter what I reinstalled and updated I could not get the […]
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FirstThing at Christmas – No Animals, No Children and Technology
Attended a very pleasant breakfast meeting at First Option this morning. David Cradduck had set up a quiz using Kahoot!, an online tool for setting questions, running a quiz and producing the league tables. It was all looking good, 18 people hooked up via their smart phones using a web-based app. Kahoot! even gives points […]
“Cycling” face down to win a record
Graeme Obree is hoping to achieve a new human-powered land speed record in what looks to me like the equivalent of human donor kebab. Check out the story on the BBC “Graeme Obree challenges speed record with radical bike“