Ubuntu 10.10, bye bye Windows

So last week I was installing some updates that ubuntu had been moaning at me for ages to do and when I restarted, to my horror, I was unable to log in. I was stuck in low graphics mode and my keyboard and mouse not working. There was no help from the support forums about how to fix it, I know that my xconf file had got corrupted but I figured it would be an excuse to upgrade to the latest and greatest: Ubuntu 10.10.

This was an adventure, I downloaded the boot cd and started ubuntu that way. I decided to get a wee big cocky and go on firefox to check my e-mails before starting the install. I started the install and just as it was erasing the chosen partition it froze and to make matters worse when I rebooted and started the cd all my partitions were lost.

All was not lost however as I discovered this wonderful utility called TestDisk I was able to run it and recover all my data which was a big relief. I then backed up everything onto my NAS box and did a reformat and installed Ubuntu as my main operating system and I am no 100% windows free!

Blog and Update

Rather than have a website I decided to change to having a blog that I can periodically update. So what is new since my last news update on my website? Well I recovered from the Edinburgh Marathon, got fat, decided to lose weight so cycled to Paris! The cycle was very challenging and ambitious (3 days total) but we all did it.


After Paris the next big event of 2010 was heading to Australia which was an incredible trip! You can read all about it in the travel blog Fiona and I maintained. Click here to read all about it!

I am returning to Paris to do the 2011 marathon, just started the training yesterday, got a lot of weight to lose and fitness to regain but I am determined to beat my Edinburgh time.