Visiting the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire

Posted by Adrian on Feb 22, 2010 in business | 0 comments We had visitors this weekend including a serving army officer, and took an opportunity on Saturday morning to visit the National Memorial Arboretum just a few miles north of us. If you have never been, then I would recommend fitting it into your itinerary when next in the midlands.  Its a beautiful place and a fitting tribute to our country’s fallen.
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connecting a Dell mini 9 to a nokia e90 using ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix and PC suite over USB

Posted by Adrian on Feb 22, 2010 in Open Source | 0 comments I’ve had problems recently connecting my Dell mini 9 using ubuntu netbook remix to a t-mobile  3G modem over bluetooth as previously blogged, which I think is related to this ubuntu bluetooth bug.  I had some time yesterday and set about finding a fix to this problem to enable me to get web access on the netbook anywhere I have my phone and a 3G cable. The solution was to connect the...
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follow our blog posts on twitter

Posted by Adrian on Feb 18, 2010 in Labels, Open Source | 1 comment Ok, we give in. You can now follow our posts on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MercianLabels .
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Oggcamp 2010 in Liverpool – I’m going

Posted by Adrian on Feb 17, 2010 in business, Open Source | 0 comments I’ve been to lugradio live a couple of times, and am hoping that the new Oggcamp event will be the replacement FOSS social and networking event.  I’ve got relatives in Liverpool, so have it in my diary to visit Oggcamp 2010 this year.  Hopefully see you there!  If you want to catch up with me and discuss our experiences of open source soft3ware in a UK SME environment then please...
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miserware only delivers a 2.7% power reduction

Posted by Adrian on Feb 13, 2010 in coding, Open Source | 3 comments 15/2/10 NOTE: this post has content that is seen as inaccurate by Miserware and you are advised to read all the text before forming conclusions to give Miserware a fair hearing. Interested by some of Alan’s posts at the Open Sourcerer, I’ve been conducting an experiment in recent weeks with the Miserware power saving software that claims to save energy by better controlling CPU...
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self wound linerless labels trial – saving a lot of liner is possible and its tamper evident too

Posted by Adrian on Feb 13, 2010 in Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments One of the really enjoyable parts of running a business with an innovation culture is that we are always experimenting with new products, and here is a preview of the our linerless self wound label stock.  Please forgive the fact that the image is back to front -  it was a proof of concept trial! The reason why this could be very interesting is that there is no siliconised liner waste, which is...
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the mess casued by inappropriate choice of security seal labels

Posted by Adrian on Feb 10, 2010 in Security Labels | 1 comment Yesterday I was down in London and whilst travelling on the underground I took these 2 pictures of the residue left by security seals used to seal cabinets and fire hydrant areas. Nice. If you have an issue like this in your workplace, then take a look at our no residue Label Lock product range or watch the YouTube security labels video of them in...
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the best adhesive to use for helmet stickers and hard hat labels

Posted by Adrian on Feb 10, 2010 in Labels | 1 comment Thanks to an inquiry from Australia yesterday from an earlier blog post, I thought I’d clarify the position in respect of the safest adhesive to use for hard hat and helmet labels.  The history here is that in the 1979′s there were stories of motorcycle accidents where helmets were providing insufficient protection to the wearer’s head in a crash as the adhesive had...
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Mercian Labels are recruiting for a Sales Manager

Posted by Adrian on Feb 2, 2010 in business, Labels | 0 comments As one of the UK’s top label printers, with over 40 years of trading behind us, we are looking for an experienced office based Sales Manager. You will be a charismatic leader, with excellent mentoring skills and a very good IT and customer services background. You will be dealing by email and telephone with a large number of companies, big and small, across the UK and beyond, in order to...
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