Update on Gryphon

It is now several days after I started to prepare myself for the worst and I am now cautiously optimistic. Gryphon (my 11 year old German Shepherd Dog) has now been on cortisone treatment since Sunday and he appears to be beginning to respond… more »

Dealing with pre-emptive grief

My dog has a degenerative nerve disease, at least that is the 95% likelihood at the moment. He has trouble standing up, moving - especially turning corners, even basic ablutions. In the last two days I've had to put a sling under his belly and hold him… more »

Linux Backup with USB MIrror Reprise

If you read my previous blog entry you will probably have found I got a few things wrong. One was pretty basic and I have to wonder what I was thinking when I wrote it, the other was a little more convoluted and I'm having to rethink some of the… more »

A Backup Method for Linux Using Mirrored USB Drives

With the inbuilt software mirroring within Linux and the inherent hot-plugability of USB drives, I decided it was time to look at a high-capacity backup system using a combination of the two. Mirroring is hardly new, and the method I describe is based… more »

Book Review: Dr Bloodmoney - Philip K. Dick

Title: DR. BLOODMONEY Publisher: Gollancz Author: Philip K. Dick Edition released: 2007 ISBN: 978-0-575-07994-6 278 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison The world has suffered the Bluthgeld Catastrophe, and the legacy of Dr. Bloodmoney has visited even more… more »