http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk Why Walk in Circles? Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:48:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having been kicked into action I thought I'd bring up something I've recently started supporting. "The Open Rights Group is a grassroots technology organisation which exists to protect civil liberties wherever they are threatened by the poor implementation and regulation of digital technology. We call these rights our “digital rights”."   http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/256 So, I was intending to post progress with the Spitfire and various tweaks. I haven't because I haven't done any. I did bugger about with the choke and the carbs because it was having some problems from cold but I decided the problem was the knob inbetween the chock knob and ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/255 Interestingly Typealyzer thinks I'm a: "ESFP - The Performers The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions. The entertaining and friendly type. ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/254 ......and buy a Triumph Spitfire A few more photos I can't quite pin down when classic cars started appealing to me but it was sometime near the end of University. I've been toying with the idea of buying a classic for a few years but always got scared for various reasons; not ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/252 I've been back on the bike in to work this week. It's been quite a while since I regularly cycled in (over a year) but my average speed is slowly creeping back up. One of the bane's of my life was punctures (sorry, p********s). I was getting one a week on ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/251 I didn't mention this in the previous post as I had a confidence attack. Looking at this road in Beckermet Google maps, and the post office seem to think it's called "Lowrey Close". I was quite careful to check the spelling when I recorded it as I got it wrong on ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/250 So, over Christmas I got a Garmin eTrex (the basic one) second hand from someone on eBay. When I visited my parents I noticed that my Beckermet looked a little non-existent on Open Street Map. So, I though that I'd do something about it. Tracing from the Yahoo images isn't ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/249 A "very surprised" Western Digital Corp. (WD) may reconsider its decision to restrict certain types of file-sharing using its remote access software, a company spokesman said yesterday. This appeared on our companies newsletter (they send out a summary of storage related news each week - gripping). I'd already seen ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/248 It's becoming more and more obvious that I probably won't get round to sending those Christmas cards I bought so.... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone. I've not got out and seen people as much as I should have next year so I shall endeavour to do so ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/247 It's good to see a news story or two where someone is trying to inject sense into the proceedings. I personally hate the idea of a DNA database as, I believe, it would lead to more false convictions. Look at the McCanns at the moment (I'm not saying anything about their ... http://blog.arcoarena.co.uk/archives/245