The shintara articles  

Every now and then, when I get a few moments I write about adventures, camps, 4wd trips, gear I use and more often than not the odd geeky article, usually unix related.

This section is still under development and will slowly be updated to include all my archived articles since shintara was incarnated and the new!

The content below will grow into a collection when time allows.

 

The latest five  

Latest articles, in no particular order.
Current article count: 3
 
The Turon River
Posted: 20 July 2006 at 12:00 pm by Davey

From roaring river to sparsely spaced ponds.

My first encounter with the Turon River was before my passion for fly fishing began, I always remembered it as a fast flowing river, there was always the sound of rushing water as it travelled from its upper reaches towards its end a...

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Building X on OpenBSD
Posted: 10 February 2003 at 1:35 pm by Davey

I recently installed OpenBSD on a spare box at home, hoping to have a play with it and a possible migration to it from FreeBSD (which I have been using now for about 2 years)

I found FreeBSD quite easy to install and have never really had any problems with the install and configuring XFree86 on i...

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Hill End and back via the Bridle Track
Posted: 14 January 2004 at 7:06 pm by Davey

Hill End is a great place to travel to, the scenery and landscape is sensational, the quiet and private state of being is a spectacular get away and its historic origins can be traced back to the mid 1800's. From a four wheel drive perspective Hill End offers some nice little tracks that take you t...

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