Birds

I’m not a great one for bird watching. But as I was doing the washing up I noticed some in the garden.

Someone will know what this one is.

Scary blackbird. I think it was trying to keep the other birds off the berries.

Nothing to do with birds really, but since I had the long lens on the camera…..

Remote Power

I’ve always liked the idea of remote controlling devices. I particularly like the idea of making stuff work without having to reach around to plugs and sockets. Today I went to Maplin and got some of these. They are not that expensive and they work really well. If you want to turn things off properly and remove the “curse of standby” I reckon they are worth a look.

Decision Dice

Ages ago I got given a set of dice that are supposed to tell you what to do at the office.  if you are unsure of how to  behave you just cast the dice and follow the instructions.

It’s nice to see they still work.

isobuster for your Dreamspark Images

If you are making use of your Dreamspark access to get hold of lovely free Microsoft software then you might have noticed that a lot of the good stuff arrives as ISO disk images. The idea is that you burn these images to disk and then install the software on them.

However, if you have a netbook with no CD-ROM drive, or are simply in a hurry I can recommend IsoBuster. This tool lets you copy files from ISO images onto your hard disk or memory key so that you can install programs from the disks without needing a physical disk.

There is a copy you can pay for, but I’m told that the free version will do all you need to get hold files from a disk image. IsoBuster is also useful if you have a damaged disk that you need to recover.

Update on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 03:57PM by Rob

Thanks for all your constructive reponses. Boss reccomends Virtual CloneDrive which also looks rather good.

Poisonous Apple

I really like the idea of this.