Month: July 2007

  • A Podium Finish in the "IX Semana Asturiana de Vela"!

    A Podium Finish in the "IX Semana Asturiana de Vela"!

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    We managed to finish third overall in the “IX Semana Asturiana de Vela”, so a podium finish for the second year running! Here’s a brief summary of how the three days went for us, for anyone interested! Friday Race 1: 2nd Race 2: 3rd We gave our new sails their official debut, and we went…

  • Now we can’t read either

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    As if not knowing our multiple tables wasn’t enough, now it turns out we can’t read either! More than 10% of the 1,000 parents asked had struggled to understand some words in the stories they had read to their five to 10-year-old children. Parents said that they made up words they could not read or…

  • Open source applications…magnets for open source infrastructure | Tech news blog – CNET News.com

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    An interesting article on the makeup of the open source stack. One line that caught my eye (emphasis mine): But Alfresco’s customers significantly skew toward the Global 2000 plus leading government and nonprofit organizations: ….. European Commission, …. etc. It’s possible that these organizations represent the lunatic fringe of the software-using world but, in fact,…

  • Various

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    Just catching up on a couple of things, a few posts on the beeb have caught my attention lately. Broadband prices An interesting article on the price of broadband worldwide. Not sure how valid the comparisons are, but I know that here in Spain we continue to be shafted, I’m currently paying just under 40€…

  • New Sails

    New Sails

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    We’re really chuffed to have new sails in time for the next regatta this weekend! More to come, including photos! Update: Photo added!

  • First post from Windows Live Writer

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    I have had this installed for a while, just never got around to trying it out! If you’re interested in trying it out while it is still in beta you can find it here: http://get.live.com/betas/writer_betas