Archive for January, 2009

For those wondering what linux looks like

by: Gromett January 17, 2009

Check this youtube video out of one possible configuration http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pTRsLW0eet0 Linux places no limitations on how you make your system look. Mine looks like a Mac on steroids.

Electricity usage in the home and fulltiming

by: Gromett January 16, 2009

Currently at home I use on average 16KW hours a day. I purchased a little plugin meter some months ago to find out what I was using all that power on.

Clearing House for FullTiming

by: Gromett January 15, 2009

This is probably the hardest stage for most people when they decide to go FullTiming. Clearing your house and deciding what you are taking and what you are leaving is perhaps for most people heartbreaking. Fortunately for me I attempted to go FullTiming 3 years ago which failed for a number of reasons. That attempt [...]

Bad News for the self build project

by: Gromett January 15, 2009

My house is not selling unfortunately and I am extremely keen to get full timing. If I was to wait it could be May before the house sells then it would take 3 months to do the build fully which would mean I would miss this summer in France. I have decided to drop the [...]

Fonts galore – Great fonts resource

by: Gromett January 14, 2009

When creating my images or logos it is nice to use a striking font but I don’t have that many. Thanks to http://www.dailyblogtips.com/the-fonts-paradise-dafontcom/ I have found this site. I wasn’t overly impressed at first look but once I started clicking the catagories at the top I was seriously impressed. Watch out for licensing issues though. [...]