Monthly Archives: February 2019

Vintage plastic toy train

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Andy
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AWS Storage capacity

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Justin

I remember when I thought a gigabyte was a lot. I bought an external 1GB hard disk in 1995, and filled it up in no time at all. As geeky things go, it was pretty exciting. Hadoop is designed for … Continue reading →

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Mixing hobbies – Lego train on 16mm Garden Railway (part 2)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Justin

In my last post, I berated the fact that a inside-frame chassis on 16mm track wasn’t possible in Lego. The gauntlet was picked up by my friends in the adult Lego fan community, and a potential solution looks like this: … Continue reading →

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Mixing hobbies – Lego train on 16mm Garden Railway

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Justin

We have had Lego trains running on our garden railways before, using a chassis made of wood and metal, and bodywork made out of the famous bricks. Around Christmas 2018, someone asked in the forums of the 16mm association if it … Continue reading →

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Cygwin and the unreadable files

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Andy

I have a PC which has been upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. At some point during one of the upgrades, some accounts have been “upgraded”. It all looks seamless until you take a look with Cygwin, which I … Continue reading →

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