a challenging and frustrating day Day eight saw us cruising from Peterborough back to Fotheringhay; a distance of 19 miles and 7 locks that took just on seven hours. The day was challenging because of the weather. Although the rain had, largely, gone; it was extremely windy. Most of the time this wasn’t a problem,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Nokomis Days six and seven
Once again, I have consolidated two days into one as they are both related to being in Peterborough. Peterborough isn’t really a vacation destination for us; after all, it’s only 45 minutes up the road. That said, we’ve never spent any time there. Generally, we are either shopping or pub crawling 🙂 Thus, this was… Continue Reading
Nokomis Days Four and Five
Thrapston to Fotheringhay. 15 miles, 3 locks and Fotheringhay to Ferry Meadows. 15 miles, 6 locks [slideshow_deploy id=’567′] Day Four Day four saw us travelling from Thrapston to Fotheringhay; a distance of 15 miles and eight locks. It took us about six hours. We travelled further because we want to sure of being at Peterborough… Continue Reading
Nokomis days two and three
There’s not a lot to say about day two. We stayed moored up at Wellingborough Embankment and took a walk into Wellingborough. The weather was not very nice so we spent most of the time in a truly excellent pub: the Coach and Horses in Oxford Street. 10+ beers, 9 (I think) ciders, knowledgable staff… Continue Reading
Automatic software updates can seriously damage your health
In this post, I’ll tell you the tale of how a software update nearly caused me serious damage, and why. I’ll also show you why you probably shouldn’t be one of Pavlov’s creatures and accept updates to mobile apps automatically. Evernote is a great product Since I first found it some years ago (I first… Continue Reading
Day one on Nokomis
Adventures on the river For some time now, my brother in law’s friend has been suggesting that Varina and I take Nokomis away for a few days. Nokomis, named after Hiawatha’s grandmother, is a 49 foot narrow boat based on the River Nene near Wellingborough. It used to be a house boat but now sits… Continue Reading
Should lawyers use Dropbox to share documents with clients?
Legal services professional should not use Dropbox to share documents with clients because of the lack of access controls. I won’t bother to introduce Dropbox. You’d need to have been living under a stone not to have heard about it by now. Suffice to say that it is probably the most popular Cloud Service for… Continue Reading
Backup needs to be done properly if your business is to survive
You may backup your data, but are you doing it properly and how do you know your backups are actually working? In this post I’ll cover some of the most common reasons why backups are needed; why you should perform the occasional test restore to increase confidence in your backups; and I’ll mention a business… Continue Reading
Zen and the art of email management
Get in control of your email, before it gets control of you using Folders, Rules and the Getting Things Done methodology Last year, I gave a workshop to the Business Club Cambridge  on the subject of “Control your email, before it controls you”. The session was well attended and I thought it was a good… Continue Reading