Category Archives: Personal

These are items that are posted by us, Jose or Linaka and can be silly posts or serious.

The Seven Serpents Trilogy

As part of my New Year’s resolution, I decided to read a book a month. For me, that is quite an ambitious project since I don’t read as often as I should. Well on to the books that I have been reading. When “The Seven Serpents Trilogy” was first published in the 80’s, all that was [...]
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Installing Windows 7 Student Discount Version

Thanks to my friend Mike, I was made aware of the Windows 7 student discount deal from Microsoft. I had been saving up on a monthly basis to buy the OS, but now that I could get it for about a fifth of the cost of the original price I was planning on paying, I [...]
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Another Cold Mountain

Another day in Cyprus, another cold mountain to look at. We spent several hours today looking at rocks and mapping outcrops. Wasn’t too exciting but it was an interesting day. Probably the most interesting aspect was that we travelled along a fault most of the time. This allowed us to see the change in rock [...]
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In Cyprus for a couple of weeks

Just updating my blog with a quick bit of info. Been in Cyprus for 4 days now and so far it’s ok. A couple of rainy days on the island, a few cold days up on Mt Olympus, but I think the rest of the trip will be spent on low elevations. This means it [...]
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Stargate Universe Episode 4

I don’t know, this is the 4th episode I watch of the show and I still don’t like “Rush”. I suppose that’s the point, but this show seems to be taking it to extremes. Rush has alienated himself from the whole crew. Lucky for him, the commander in charge is making the crew work with [...]
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