When Computers make Noises

The computer was making noises, and very careful feeling and listening with a half deaf ear proclaimed a hard drive was about to die. What an excuse!

So for AUD48, another 80 GByte hard drive was purchased and installed. The noise persisted!

Removed all the hard drives and still the noise was there, and this time I could positively identify it as the power supply unit. The label on the side say "Low noise design", and besides, there was sufficient dust caked on it to provide the most efficient noise protection, both label and dust were all to no avail, so guess I should have bought a power supply instead.

A lot of cleaning up and it's a bit quieter, but I am wary.

Stuck Kubuntu on the new hard drive. So so, after a few days went back to the Ubuntu disk.

The back up system I have made worked, I was able to transfer all that important data between distros without any hassle. A friend loaned a Super Grub disk which allowed be get back into the old caddy(using caddies is not recommended for live OSs). I am told RIP does the same job, and it is now up to Ver 2.9

Vulcan 607

This is a remarkable story getting the Vulcans and Victors ready for a bombing run against the Stanley (Falklands) runway. Almost bizarre stuff but definitely a story that I, and no doubt others, found fascinating.

It's 25 years ago now, today you can fly a 747 non stop from London to Sydney, but in 1982, getting a Vulcan down into the South Atlantic took more that a few gallons of avtur.

Gripping stuff, well worth the read.



Author: Rowland White
Publisher: Bantam Press 2006

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Canberra's Lake Burley Griffen

Another Panoramic Shot

Taken with my Canon A400, six shots which go from Scrivener Dam on the right to Weston Park to the left, and the Governor Generals a little bit right of center,




All this was done with the software that came with the camera.