Monthly Archives: December 2006

Humax PVR meets Mac

Posted on December 28, 2006 by blogmywiki

They’re stupidly named – nowt personal about a box that sits in the living room and which we fight over control of… but I finally gave in and bought a ‘Personal Video Recorder’. Torn between the Topfield and the Humax, … Continue reading →

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Achtung, Baby

Posted on December 25, 2006 by blogmywiki

I was going to write a small rant about Christmas tree lights (why wired in series, not parallel, etc) but they are almost all working now. A mere 7 bulbs replaced in one set, a mere hour and a half … Continue reading →

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Polar Excess

Posted on December 21, 2006 by blogmywiki

Is it just me, or is the animated film Polar Express a nasty piece of work? I watched it at the in-laws last year on DVD – I may have had too much goose and port but it made me … Continue reading →

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Great un-taken photographs, No.3 in an occasional series

Posted on December 11, 2006 by blogmywiki

Outside Royal Festival Hall early in the morning, about 50 identically dressed construction workers in a neat queue lining up to get on site, all wearing same hard hats and high visibility tabards. Title: “Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work … Continue reading →

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G4 Tower of Power!

Posted on December 4, 2006 by blogmywiki

Someone was chucking this out – a G4 PowerMac with OS 8.6, a 10GB hard drive and 64MB RAM. I spent £30 on 256MB more RAM, and stuck in it the 20GB hard drive I used to have in my … Continue reading →

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