View from the Potting Shed

I opened this email today; I’m wondering if it could possibly be spam, or if the attached Zip file might have a virus payload.

From: info@garethjmsaunders.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday 15 June 2005 14:02
To: gareth@garethjmsaunders.co.uk
Subject: Your password has been updated
Dear user gareth,
You have successfully updated the password of your Garethjmsaunders account.
If you did not authorize this change or […]

I’ve just begun reading this book, Linux Bible 2005 Edition by Christopher Negus (Wiley, 2005). It claims to help me:

Understand what Linux is and where it comes from
Sort through the various incarnations of Linux to choose one (or more) that is right for me
Try out Linux as a desktop computer, server computer, or programmer’s […]

Jane had her appointment at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh today, at the fertility clinic. It all went well, seemingly. Unfortunately, because I was being dosed up with antibiotics on the other side of town, I couldn’t be there, so the part of ‘Concerned Husband’ was this morning played by Mrs Dorothy Neilson, […]

I’m posting this from Firefox running under the Ubuntu Live Linux installation. Here’s a screenshot, which I’ll tidy up later.

… and I’ve just reduced the file size using The GIMP 2, also in Linux. (You can also see the fullsize 1024 x 768 pixel screenshot.)

I’m currently downloading the latest Ubuntu Linux ISO (v.5.04) for my good friend James.
This must be the largest single download I’ve ever attempted: 600.9 MB. I remember, only a couple of years ago, in Inverness spending four days trying to download the 24.6 MB PsiWin 2.3.3 setup file. Four days it took me […]

We’re on holiday this week. Though you wouldn’t believe it from either the weather or my health!
We’ve been in Cellardyke since Sunday evening, but have now returned home for a couple of medical appointments. I have a GP appointment at 9am, while on the other side of town, at the Royal Infirmary of […]

I now have two Psion Dacom Gold Cards surplus to requirements. Free to a good home, or homes. If you want them you can have them.

1 x V34+Fax - no cable - you get it as you see it.
1 x 56k+Fax - possibly broken,with cable and PhoneTools software on 3.5″ disk. (I […]