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Take 2!
Why is closing my account so damn hard – shame on you LinkedIn…
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Eees are good!

In: Random

27 Mar 2009

Ingredients:
1 x Samsung 40″ LCD TV
1 x Asus EeeBox B202
1 x 2GB SODIMM
1 x Samsung 2GB USB stick
1 x VESA adaptor
1 x MCE IR adaptor
1 x Hauppauge HVR 900 USB tv card
2 x packets of rubber tap washers
1 x Windows 7 install DVD
Directions:
Upgrade EeeBox B202 RAM before configuring with latest Windows 7 build – use [...]

Chains that fit!

In: Random

3 Mar 2009

Following on from the earlier snow chains debacle… this is what they’re supposed to look like!
Maximum kudos SCC to for their excellent customer serveice, if you EVER need snow chains for your vehicle, they are the people to speak to!
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Randomly, there seems to be an Australian soap actor called Paul O’Brien. Erm… that’s not me (for those that are visiting the blog, and even posting comments on that basis)…
Having said that, seems that my namesake isn’t really an actor in ‘Home and Away’ any more! From Wikipedia…

Paul made his first appearance as [...]

Just a quick video post to test the video widget in my blog theme!
Theoretically by posting a link to this video (CamerAware demo!), it should also show up on the right hand side of my theme!
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Not a bad day’s driving eh…. view the tracker map (courtesy of CamerAware)!
A long day, a lot of miles, but effortless on those lovely French roads… 65 Euros of tolls not so good! The benefit – short journey up from Geneva the following day and hello Avoriaz and the slopes! Yay!
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Over the past few weeks, the little scrolly ball on my Apple Might Mouse has been misbehaving.
It has gradually got to the point it was at today, whereby scrolling up / left / right works, but down doesn’t. Huh.
After reading around on the web I discovered that this is actually quite common, but there are [...]

OK, so it’s not a question everybody will have asked… but i’ve often wondered what speed you actually end up doing when you’re driving in reverse.
I remember hearing a story once about how Saab 9-3 Turbos used to still engage their turbo in reverse (and end up being a bit mental) and i’ve often meant [...]

A new blog

In: Random

10 Oct 2008

Hey, it’s a new blog (again, for longer term readers)!
Why? Because I wanted to make by blog a little bit different, more personal, and to keep general tech stuff in a different place.
Not only that, I wanted to work with Wordpress again after a long time with Drupal!
Welcome…
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