Two Hogs Sharing Our Hedgehog Box

I'd suspected something funny was going on.

 

We knew we had two hedgehogs of similar size visiting the feeder.

 

But the camera monitoring the hog box entrance confirmed my suspicions.

Trying to get some [software] privacy!

I'm really not sure how we got into this mess!

 

We seem happy to give away private information to anyone,

just as long as we are allowed to search the web or download trivial apps.

a Really simple hedgehog feeder

We still put food out for our local hedgehogs most nights. 

 

Our old hedgehog feeder has put in good service, but the wooden base is now rotting away. 

 

So its time to come up with a replacement.

Olympus E-M10: manual focus tips

Manually focusing a camera accurately can be tricky.

 

But cameras like the E-M10 have a few options which may help.

This short post mentions a couple of them.

Finding a use for autumn leaves

We like to think we have a wildlife friendly garden.

 

The trees are now dropping their leaves

and we have started to 'put our garden to sleep' for the winter.

Peppermint OS: making sense of the menu editor

I wanted to add a new category to the Peppermint menu.

I normally do this the hard way, by hacking files.

But its high time I that I got to grips with the menu editor.

My Toughest Project

Not everything is as easy to fix as downloading a patch and re-booting the OS.

Sometimes you need a lot of specialist help.

This is certainly the case with any type of cancer.

The Orion Laptop: another computer from Entroware

My laptop has had a hard life and needed to be replaced.

 

After reviewing the market for Linux laptops, I came back to Entroware.

So here is a short post on my new Orion laptop.

A Hedgehog in our Hog House

 A hedgehog started to use our 'hog house' a few weeks ago.

So I put my PiCam at the entrance to monitor its comings and goings.