* Posts by Jim 70

4 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Jul 2009

USB charges up to 100 watts

Jim 70

Either way up!

Come on, let's have a new connection specification that means you can plug the damn cable in either way up. Surely that can't be too hard to spec.

Wind power: Even worse than you thought

Jim 70

Build them in windy places.

Surprise Surprise, windfarms in calmer places have low output.

Build them here in Shetland, a force 4 is a calm day here!

Guardian quote:

"Proof of Shetland's potential comes from a modest wind turbine called Betsy. One of five small turbines on Shetland's only wind farm, the 660 kilowatt machine is believed to be the world's most efficient wind turbine, reaching between 52% and 59% of its maximum potential output, double the average of most on the British mainland."

Ubuntu v iTunes: the music playoff for Applephobes

Jim 70

Linux for standalone music player

There used to be a few Linux distros that specialised in turning old PCs into standalone jukeboxes.

Are they still around? Installing a new Ubuntu & MP3 player seems an overkill.

'No more CCTV', cries top CCTV cop

Jim 70

Shetland CCTV

We don't have public CCTV here, we've huge fat poles (the lower case "P is deliberate) to mount them on, but no cameras yet.