Shopping at Amazon.de is great

Online shopping is great in cases where near by stores do not have the model you want on stock. I needed white shoes, but all I could get were sport shoes, nothing elegant. But I needed elegant shoes and on end I went to Amazon. (more...)

Day 2 of Le Mans roller 24h adventure - Palace of Versailles, Le Mans city

In the morning we have decided to drive across the Paris to Palace of Versailles, to check it out before our final destination Le Mans. We arrived early to avoid traffic, and it was closed. It did not matter much as we took a stroll around it to gasp its size. (more...)

Day 1 of Le Mans roller 24h adventure - The drive, Paris in morning

It is our national holiday on 25th June, so we have decided to hit the road on 24th June afternoon. Our plan was to take the cover of the night to drive directly into the Paris for a sightseeing and then sleep until next day when we complete our drive in Le Mans, to acclimate before 24 hour roller skating Le Mans race. (more...)

After login screen in Ubuntu no desktop is displayed - yet same login screen

I have been fiddling around much lately and that included an update to Ubuntu 14.04 (as well as playing with BlackMagic IntensityPro capture card - installing webcamstudio, recompiling vlc, etc). So when I restarted I could not get to my gnome-desktop, nor any other desktop I wanted. (more...)