On behalf of a friend ( Read more... )

Thinking a lot about BiCon. I'm thinking I'll probably go, but not sure yet. It's kind of odd to be questioning myself when in so many other years it was something I didn't really have to think much about - I'd just book ( Read more... )

"The exhibition event to launch the Transtastic Men Calendar is on Saturday 2nd June at the Workstation in Sheffield. It is open from 2pm until 10pm, with good access ( Read more... )

Just had the new computer running Ubuntu off the Live CD, after getting a tipoff on the Tekheads forum from someone else who'd had the same problem with identical mobo & CPU. Hurrah!

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Thanks oilrig, topbit, cryx & lovingboth for the computer suggestions. Here's a ( more comprehensive review of the whole scenario... )

Well I quite enjoyed building the computer, inasmuch as it is built (some inessential bits not added yet). And it's not dead and you can get into the BIOS setup and it can see its drives. But it won't boot from either an Ubuntu Live CD or a Linux Rescue CD or a Windows 98 boot floppy. Booo. (At the point where you'd expect those to be happening ( Read more... )

I've now got all the bits of my new computer here, and today I plan to start building it!

Eeeeeeee!

The Antec case (P150) is v shiny :-)

Been pondering the politics of so-called "bisexual health", and looking at relevant research (such as it is, which isn't a lot when you come to specifically bi stuff ( Read more... )

Thanks to a couple of nudges in the right direction by lovingboth, I'm now seriously looking at having Linux as my main OS on the new PC. Hurrah ( Read more... )

Cheaper-than-usual XP Home.

What do you think, o wise friends-list people? Is there likely to be a catch?