Ian’s blog

So I came back from lunch to find this……

Then went round back to find this…..

I am a little scared of what I am going to find when they start on the main roof.

So I noticed another of my ubuntu boxes was running slow so I did a

Host:~$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 8 MB in 3.72 seconds = 2.15 MB/sec


so it looks like it has the same issue as my other machine

so I did
Host:~$ sudo lspci |grep -i ide
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
Host:~$ lsmod |grep -i ^libata
libata 159344 4 pata_acpi,pata_via,ata_generic,sata_via

and added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

blacklist ata_generic


and the following to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

pata_via
blacklist ata_generic

After a reboot I now get

sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 164 MB in 3.02 seconds = 54.38 MB/sec


Amazing what this little tweak will do for performance.

I have watched this twice and my response is awww cute, then huh, Je ne comprends pas

I have met Louis in real life….

So what does a beer drinker do on his birthday in Beijing China. He drinks beer, and good beer at that. We were are the Kro’s Nest next to workers stadium. The beer was good but the pizza was average at best, soggy crust, lack of toppings other than cheese and tomato sauce.

From Left to right, Brooklyn Pale Ale, Brooklyn Brown, Rogue Brutal Bitter, Brooklyn Lager, Rogue Dead Guy Ale.

Each bottle has its own label translated on the back. We tried to save them but they were too well glued.

Well, technically only the first photo is from day one, but day one was almost a right off due to travel and time zone changes.

CCTV building from Hongying's parents house

Morning Market Beijing

Morning Market

Dashanla Street Beijing

Tiananem Square

Olympic Display at Tianamen Square

Hongying at Beijing National Theatre

National Grand Threater

HY found this article which talks about interesting research on dyslexia with different languages. Since i am sort of kind of learning Chinese I had wondered if it whether being dyslexic would affect my ability to learn the characters. Turns out reading chinese and english use different parts of the brain. The chinese classes kicked my but on a regular basis so even if dyslexia is not playing a part it is still hard.

I saw this on the FAAB blog, now I am thinking about getting a bob trailer. This woiuld be so cool to do in the summer since we aren’t that far from the supermarket.