The Asus Eee PC is sufficiently small and portable that it is easy to take with you when you’re out and about. Which also increases the risk of it getting lost or stolen. The data on the Eee may be more valuable that the computer itself so I wanted to set up my Home directory with encryption using LUKS and PAM-MOUNT. After many failed attempts to get this working it turns out that it need not have been so difficult.
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Synchronise documents and files between multiple computers regardless of whether they’re Windows, Linux or Mac. Dropbox is an excellent free service that uses Amazon’s S3 technology to make file synchronisation easy to use, secure, quick and, lets not forget, free. Read more
Whilst on holiday in Canada during the Summer of 2006 we visited the West Edmonton Mall. This Mall proudly proclaims to be the worlds largest shopping and entertainment complex. It even includes an Ice Rink!
I decided that it would be fun to try to skate, having only been on the ice once before as a child (I couldn’t skate then so what made me think to try in the middle of a crowded shopping centre I will never know). Read more
My week in Mexico was spent at the Barcelo Maya Tropical Beach hotel, part of the huge Barcelo Maya Beach Resort, located just over an hour drive south from Cancun airport. The Barcelo is an all inclusive hotel, which was a nice touch but I didn’t spend a sufficient amount of time at the hotel to take full advantage of this. Read more
Considering the large amount of travelling I have done over the years its perhaps surprising that I’ve not actually seen much of the United Kingdom. My trip to the Lake District in March 2008 was primarily inspired by the scenery of the movie Miss Potter, which was filmed on location here (and other parts of the UK). Read more
As with many German towns and cities Hamburg is famous for it’s Christmas Markets. Therefore, I decided to spend a long weekend in Hamburg at the beginning of December 2007. In the hope of experiencing a taste of Germany and its history, as well as hopefully solving my Christmas present buying problems. Read more
June 2007, Nashville. This was my 4th trip to the CMA Music Festival and my 5th visit to Nashville, TN. Once again the festival fell on my Birthday so I had to spend my birthday alone… but listening to great Country Music! Read more
The Holiday Inn Select Downtown offers a reasonably priced hotel with a very good location, directly opposite the famous Peabody Hotel. Over at the Peabody hotel, the Peabody’s famous ducks walk from the elevator to the fountain in the lobby every morning and return to the elevator for their ride to their sleeping quarters on the roof of the hotel, watched by crowds of tourists and hotel guests Read more
I stayed in the huge Scandic Grand Marina hotel, a converted warehouse with rooms reminisant of a cruise liner, appropriate considering the hotel’s harbourside location. The hotel was just a short walk to the Senete Square and other local attractions. Read more