On downloads, free service manuals, viruses and drivers.

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You can tell Mercury is retrograde. The past two weeks we’ve had so many identical problems on totally different machines. And those that aren’t the same as another are completely and utterly obscure. Like the ACER laptop who’s mouse and keyboard won’t work when the battery is plugged in. Most of the hardware issues that aren’t user caused are borked hard drives which all show the same symptoms - PC/laptop in a reboot loop. Partitions become corrupt, data cannot be retrieved because the paritions are corrupt.

The only other problem we’ve had in is viruses. WinAntiVirus Pro 200x usually.

Why do people still think that giving details and money away to a random company that installed it’s own software on their PC is a good idea?

What would you do if someone came up to your house, smashed a window, knocked a door and went “’scuse me love, your window’s broken. Give me $937 dollars and I’ll replace it for you.”? You certainly wouldn’t hand over your wallet...
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Cross posted on WingTips

My latest favourite site!

Enter your dimensions, count, stitching, border and framing allowance and not only will it tell you how much fabric you need but show you a preview too!

On 28 count fabric stitching over 2
Width x Height
Stitched dimensions 3.71 x 5.71 inches
Framed dimensions 5.71 x 7.71 inches
Total fabric requirements 17.71 x 19.71 inches

The top left stitch will be 7.00 inches in and 7.00 inches down from the top left corner of the fabric.

I love it! <3 Check it out at Scarlet Quince (a slightly dubious sounding name though..). They also advertise free patterns, though I haven't had a chance to check them out yet. What's also neat is floss coverage examples and finishing and cleaning tips.

Funky, monkeys!

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Cross posted from my news article

Please help us raise awareness for this.

What is Tŷ Hafan?

Tŷ Hafan is a children's hospice in Wales, which provides respite, palliative and end of life care to the children in Wales who suffer from life limiting conditions. (Life limiting conditions are those which mean that the child or young person is not expected to reach nineteen years of age.)

Children suffer from various conditions, such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Cystic Fibrosis and Celebral Palsy. Some children are diagnosed at birth; others receive no diagnosis or at some point treatment is abandoned. Children and their families might receive our support for many years or just for a few days at the end of life. Either way, Tŷ Hafan provides love, care and support for the children and their families absolutely free of charge.

Tŷ Hafan, The Children's Hospice in Wales, is a registered charity and was established entirely from public donations. It now costs £2.5 million a year to run the hospice and all but 17% (Government funding) is raised through the generosity of our donors and supporters.

What is the Tŷ Hafan Dragon?

Can you imagine the emblem of Wales, the Welsh Dragon, the size of a rugby pitch and made up of thousands of pieces of textile craft?

Tŷ Hafan is asking the people of Wales, and beyond, to produce small pieces of textile work, in a given size and colour, to make up this enormous glorious patchwork!

Be Part of the Dragon squares

These can be done in knitting, cross stitch, weaving, fabric painting, patchwork itself in fact ANY craft as elaborate or as simple as you like. ANYONE CAN TAKE PART!

The squares will be joined together in sections of 48, by our volunteers, to form blanket-sized pieces each of which become a "jigsaw" piece of the Dragon.

These will then all be placed together to form the whole design.

Apply as an individual, or why not get together in your group or school and produce enough squares for a whole blanket (or more) to better represent yourselves in this epic project.

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This information was taken from the Tŷ Hafan Website. Visit the link for more information and an application form.

While I haven't had any personal experience with the Tŷ Hafan hospice, everyone in Wales knows how much good they do for children who are terminally ill and their families. Tŷ Hafan relies on it's donors to be able to continue to support those who suffer.

When complete, this patchwork masterpiece will be spread across the pitch of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

With one square, you could make a world of difference. Let's make this a DA effort.

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Squee. Two more free note patterns uploaded to my site.

Go looksie! <demand>

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Squee, updated my site with pleco pictures & a little free backstitch pattern. Hoping to add many more.

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