Engine Punk

I've been digging away at my IT problems over the last few weeks. The most significant ones were of video quality, stemming from dropped video frames and invalid arguments. Well, I think I now have the answer. As I thought it means a new PC. Laptop hard drives only work at 5400rpm. Typical desktop speeds are 7200rpm. My little Acer is just not quick enough on the uptake. So to what should I upgrade? I did the sensible thing and asked my webhosts, Flying Flounder. Eric and Helen live not far from me in the Cornish countryside. "Have you ever seen a pig eat?" Eric asked me. I have but not recently. So we put on some boots and visited Babe and Curly in their comfortable sty. We even tried Eric's Farmer's Boy weighing tape on them. You put it around the amiable pig's armpits and the circumference of the said pig then translates into weight. Babe and Curly turned out not to be too fat but "nearly ready." Later we retired to Eric's ...

A background sketch from the Anarchadia website is this working drawing for the Cadillac Platinumide I’ll have a go at most things and this website is largely my own effort but after years of doing–it–myself and practising self–reliance, I have discovered that sometimes – sometimes – it’s better to get an expert to do it for you.  It depends whether you want to learn how to do it or not. You may never need to do it ever again. It also depends how long it takes to reach a reasonable standard. Do you have the time or do you want a quick result? And, most importantly in my opinion, it depends if you enjoy it. If you don’t I believe it shows. With the website, I was lucky – beginner’s luck, I suppose. I had a brilliant book to refer to. I wouldn’t have got anywhere without Build your website the right way using HTML & CSS by Ian Lloyd. Not only was I able to get the something together that worked but I began to understand how it worked. If I had any problems I used the S...