My initial thoughts on the Nintendo Wii.
Read moreNixie Clock
Over the weekend I built a nice nixie clock from a kit.
Read morePerhaps a little too edgy?
Ubuntu 6.10 (“Edgy Eft”) was released last week, but upgrading to it wasn’t as painless as previous versions.
Read moreA Ripping Yarn, Pt. 3
Having ripped and converted all my CDs, it was time to play back the mp3 files on my Ubuntu box. What I hadn’t expected, however, was that Amarok would fail to play them.
Read moreA Ripping Yarn, Pt. 2
A couple of months ago I decided that it was finally time to re-rip my CDs. Not only were there numerous discs which hadn’t yet been converted to mp3 at all, but now hard drives were cheap enough for me …
Read moreA Ripping Yarn, Pt. 1
Several years ago I decided to rip my CD collection to mp3 format. At the time the hardware was such that ripping a CD was a slower-than-realtime event.
Read moreTechnical (lack of) Support
Being the local “person who knows about computers” I was recently drafted to sort out someone’s inability to get a new laptop talking wirelessly to a new router on a new ADSL connection. It didn’t help that she’d been mis-sold …
Read moreDS NON-Download Locations
After much searching I finally found a DS Download Station that works.
Read moreDS Download Locations
If I can tear myself away from Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for long enough I might head into town this weekend to see what’s available at the local Nintendo DS Download Station. Not that I even knew there was a …
Read moreFree and Easy
Yesterday I received ten CDs for the latest release of Ubuntu Linux Things have changed a little since the last batch arrived; there’s now only a single CD which acts as both a Live CD and an installation disc (previously …
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