In a recent episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast we reviewed then gave away a mini-PC from Viglen, the MPC-L. We also told you how could get hold of the units for just under £80, which is significantly less than the advertised price. I’m not going to tell you how, if you want to know [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Viglen MPC-L. Well worth £79.
August 18, 2008It’s a dance
August 14, 2008Episode 12 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast is out! In this episode:- A great chat with Chris Jones about his project Terminator and his dreams of a robot future. Sarcastic News We discuss the new Ubuntu training courses and certification A great chat with Jeremy Allison from the SAMBA project. Some listener feedback. Competition: We [...]
A very nice man
August 10, 2008Some of you may have read my previous post about the state of my ADSL service. Judging from the number of comments, quite a lot people read it. Pin It Some of the suggestions revolved around using the engineer’s socket on my master socket to test the connection. The master socket was too old to [...]
It’s probably a conspiracy
August 2, 2008I have an 8Mbps ADSL service with my ISP, PlusNet (formerly Force9, now owned by BT.) Except I don’t. It’s never run anywhere near 8Mbps. In fact, I thought I was still on a 2Mbps service until I enquired a while ago about an upgrade, only to be told I was already experiencing the thrill [...]


