Steve Baker FRSA

Do not start a skydiving business in the UK

by Steve Baker 15 June 2007 in Top Tips Comments are Disabled

How could you possibly make one or more proper livings out of skydiving in the UK? (He writes, looking at the weather.)

My first time

by Steve Baker 15 June 2007 in Fun Comments are Disabled

On a bike that is. I’m on the left, in the lead (obviously). I was about 8 IIRC and I fell off seconds later, but I think I managed a few laps before and after.

Brother DCP-130 vs Mac OS X

by Steve Baker 13 June 2007 in Technology Comments are Disabled

Perfect: unpack, install software, connect. Press “scan” button and select “scan to picture” on the printer. The picture simply appears in your Pictures folder. Too easy. Obviously, it just printed, in colour, fuss free, first time. If you don’t get this, you haven’t connected an HP printer to a Mac. […]

The Stelvio Pass

by Steve Baker 13 June 2007 in Photography, Fun Comments are Disabled

Drove this in Summer 2006: a truly great experience.

OS X vs localhost.local

by Steve Baker 13 June 2007 in Technology Comments are Disabled

Why must people deviate from proper standards? Installing WordPress on a Mac caused me some grief simply because telling PHP to connect to the database at localhost didn’t work. Who would have thought that localhost couldn’t be resolved? I was saved because Beth was ironing my “There’s no place like […]

Driving’s great, but it’s not as good as the real thing

by Steve Baker 13 June 2007 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Magnificent ride home last night on the KTM from London. Left the M4 at the usual place, with dusk gathering and made it home just as the last of the light left. The lanes were empty and the countryside beautiful. I spotted a lone white horse in a verdant shallow […]

Boeing Boeing

by Steve Baker 11 June 2007 in Top Tips Comments are Disabled

A play about a man running 3 fianceés, all of whom are air hostesses. Reasonably entertaining, but not more than, say, £30’s worth.

Where the Windows XP installer crashed today

by Steve Baker 10 June 2007 in Technology Comments are Disabled

Masterclass

by Steve Baker 9 June 2007 in Fun Comments are Disabled

That was hard work! Spent the morning in a BMW 528i driving to a mediocre standard, but stayed safe. Redeemed myself in the afternoon in the Saab with a smooth and well-judged drive. Thank goodness. Nerves I guess.

Riding home from London

by Steve Baker 8 June 2007 in Top Tips Comments are Disabled

Don’t just follow the M4. Leave at the westernmost junction near Reading (whatever number it is) and do the obvious thing: south then third exit (north) off the second roundabout, turning left into the lanes. Just keep following the sun and you end up joining the B road from Newbury […]