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- popey Happy that tonywhitmore has got most of the buttons working on the remote I lent him.Will be good for when I install Mythtv for myself 3 hours ago
- @cbx33 No idea! This is my first proper myth box :) 4 hours ago
- Putting Mythbuntu 9.10 on a USB stick for installation of frontend on an Acer Revo 4 hours ago
- I have wifey-approval for preliminary MythTV setup in the lounge. This is a good day. DVB-S2 here I come! 4 hours ago
- New Blog Post: "Why (I think) Ubuntu is Better Than Windows" http://bit.ly/cPPWyO :) 9 hours ago
- Played 'Alpine Crawler' on a friends iPhone. Not available on Android :( Love those kinds of games. 13 hours ago
- @czajkowski Oh sitting down you'd be fine... Standing in a queue holding a tray.. completely different matter! 13 hours ago
- In Q for lunch.Asked co-worker if his food smelled okay.He bent down to sniff.I shoved his tray into his face! Nose bolognese! \o/ 13 hours ago
- @shanefagan I left a comment on @ivanka blog about it which explains how I feel. In summary "meh" 14 hours ago
- On Windows today, just had the reverse #ubuntu issue, I expected the buttons in the top left :) 14 hours ago
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Author Archives: popey
A Blue Ocean on the Land
Google have finally (street)mapped most of the UK. Look at all that blue!
From Land’s End..
..to John o’Groats..
and pretty much everywhere in between.
Including my own back yard! Not found myself on it yet, but have had a great time ‘driving’ around the country. Found anything fun? Leave a comment
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Roasted Laptop
Some time ago I bought a Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 laptop. At the time it was the fastest thing I could buy. It was also the heaviest! With a 17″ 1920×1200 screen and all the toys, it’s a bit of a dead weight. It was always intended to be a desktop replacement, so it [...]
Hacker Medley Podcast
I asked last week if anyone knew of any cool podcasts I should subscribe to. I had a few suggested, one of which I’m now hooked on. Hacker Medley is a fairly new podcast started by Alex Graveley and Nat Friedman.
So far they’ve cranked out 3 episodes and in my opinion they’re all great. [...]
Queuing for Tickets for Beer
I’ve got my ticket for Farnham Beer Exhibition 2010 (along with 5 others) which takes place (as usual) at Farnham Maltings in Farnham, Surrey, UK. The tickets cost £7 each and there’s a tradition of queuing up to get them when they go on sale at 7AM at the Maltings itself. Yes, that’s 7AM on [...]
Why (I think) Ubuntu is Better Than Windows