Today my wireless card came, which means I can now use my Ubuntu Linux computer online in my room rather than my parents Windows XP computer. I was please with the ease I managed to get it working, it’s just a generic 802.11b card with RaLink’s RT2460 chipset. The driver from http://rt2×00.serialmonkey.com/ worked fine using this guide. While it was a little harder than in windows it certainly wasn’t difficult to figure out how to do and I think Linux should be competing with windows within a couple of years provided people can get over the fear of change.
Also today I’ve been planning a photo of traffic on a roundabout at night, with a long exposure hoping to capture the trail of lights. I was encouraged to do this after seeing this photo. I currently have 2 roundabouts in the south of Lincoln in mind, and I’m also thinking about doing one from a bridge over a fairly busy road. (Google maps links: 1, 2, 3). It’s perhaps not the right time of year to do this yet as it’s light until quite late when there is less traffic. I may have to leave it until September, shortly before I go back to Aberystwyth, when the earlier darkness should give more traffic to photograph. This is fine anyway as I need to purchase a new tripod because ‘Braingrind‘ broke my old one.