House and Household

  Drove to tassie via the ferry with family cat dogs and pig... Took more bicycles down so we didn’t have to move them later All arrived and slept for a month - hugo decimated the fearless in the roof space. Front door done - thank you RT Made a platform so we could do the dormers’ on the other side of the house Books unpacked Boxes of previous stuff sorted Good food had thanks FTH Sun avoided     Western wall stripped   Bagged during windy days Stuffed with insulation Thanks ATH Wall sparked and clad - after stripping sorting and painting! Bugger. Veranda posts made.   Techniques refined More stripping and painting Door to be fixed   Dor dismembered and rebuilt   Installed Painted Stove infill started Hot water fitted     Windy holes filled thanks rt Back to Qbyn….

I have this old -4years -laptop bought with xp on it. less than a G1 or ram. Gutless as a wonder. XP is a no no. debian works well but Oh what a pain to install - changed with 6 - so I resorted to crunchbang linux just as I have on my Acer Aspire One. Suddenly the thing is working well - even worked when I put cranchbang 10.4 alph on it. Went for the xfce interface as I tend to be slack and can't be faged editing the OpenBox interface. Tis loverly Just works - recommended - added the debian multimedia repository. Also added tex -lyx zoreto, jabref, bibus and medeley so I can play around with the various on-line and off-line bibliographies. also gives me a computer I can use in the shed to sell of the junk on ebay and give it away on freecycle. Autumn is with us - Easter may be cool enough to get the stove going and have a lamb roast. Carbon minimal wood fires are great when correctly used and cleanly burnt. Ours certianly does. Have a wonderous easter break.