Misc | Kevin Leah

11th June 2009 at 6:56 pm

R.I.P. Personal Computer World 1978 – 2009

I was sad to learn of the demise of one of the UK’s longest running computer magazines.

I started reading it not long after it’s launch, and before I owned my first computer. I learnt a lot from it and it helped me over the years as a bought my various computers. It even carried program listings for my Sinclair ZX-81 and QL. I still have a wall-chart they gave away that shows all the BASIC commands and their syntax for all the popular operation systems of the time (around 1983) which allowed you to take a listing published for, say, the BBC micro and workout how to convert it to run on a Sinclair Spectrum.

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5th May 2009 at 5:35 pm

Trevarno & Godolphin

The day started off cold and dull as I headed off to the nearby Trevarno Estate for a walk around the grounds and gardens,

Before long the sun managed to break though and I headed to Porthleven for Lunch in the Harbourside Inn.

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5th March 2009 at 7:38 pm

Dishonest Doorstep Tactics – Southern Electric

I can’t believe the gall of these people – I have just been visited by one of these low lives. I wouldn’t have answered the door to him but my neighbour had already let him into the communal hallway. The conversation was something like this.

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27th February 2009 at 1:15 pm

R.I.P. – Haywards Heath Farmer’s Market

In recent years a farmer’s market has tried to gain a foothold in the town – this struggled to find a decent home as in was shoved from car park to car park. In the last year it seemed that things had begun to look up – it found an ideal home in the heart of the town’s Orchards Shopping Centre.

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7th January 2009 at 8:59 pm

Emergency Rations

Too cold to go shopping for food so it was time to break out the emergency rations!

This had been sitting in my cupboard for some time – a tinned Fray Bentos Steak and Ale Pie!

Well it didn’t look anything like the picture on the tin when it was cooked – but it tasted OK.

27th November 2008 at 6:19 pm

Data Centre in my Lounge!

I’ve just had to add another disk to meet my ever growing data requirements. This brings the total raw storage in my house to 5TBs.

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9th October 2008 at 3:03 am

The Gurkha Justice Campaign

Please support this campaign by adding your name to the petition.

Despite the recent high court ruling, the battle is not over to allow these people the right to live in the country that they have risked their lives to defend,

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