Pete Johns - Blog entries of the highest uptodateness

This weekend I have upgraded my old laptop to run Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). The experience was suitably painless and Hardy is running smoothly. Since I’ve had my MacBook Pro, I’ve harely opened the lid on the old laptop, it has just sat (reasonably) quietly in the corner of the room listening for SSH connections and performing downloads for me.

As reported elsewhere, I’m in Hong Kong (or more correctly, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) for work. It has been a long time since I last travelled for work and had to stay anywhere overnight (the last time I stayed in a Travelodge on the M1 motorway near Sheffield).

I’m sure I have mentioned Freecycling before. It’s a fantastic way to prevent perfectly usable items from ending up in landfill before their time has come. Today we had a bit of a clear-out and put a few items on our local Freecycle group and now they have gone. Brilliant!

Well, it’s well past midnight here, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2008.

Those who follow my Flickr feed are probably bored to tears of sunset shots by now. To them I can only apologise as there are some more uploading as I type this.

We were up at 5 o’clock this morning so that we could witness a great sporting event. Today was Victoria’s other grand prix, the Moto GP down on Phillip Island.

This time yesterday I was at The Forum. My ears are still buzzing after the gig. Motörhead, Rose Tattoo and Airbourne were on the bill.

According to Australian Grand Prix, there are (only) 220 days to go until the we can hear the sound of Formula 1 cars screaming around Albert Park Lake (a short stroll away from here) once more. And this year the V8 supercars are back. I, for one, am very excited about that!

One of my favourite sections of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue is the Uxbridge English Dictionary, where contestants suggest new meanings for old words.