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Stop... upgrade time!
My parents' computer is in need of a mid-life upgrade. It was bought in October 2004 and at the time gave acceptable performance, but it's flagging a bit now in comparison to the latest and greatest. To save you reading the old entry, here's the specs: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 512 MB RAM 80 GB HD... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Heinz Mayonnaise Advert
Watch this advert: If you haven't watched it, or can't for any reason, here's the synopsis: The advert sees a man making sandwiches for a young boy and girl, who address him as "mum", while another man prepares for work. Before the second man leaves with the children he shares a kiss with... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Films that I own on DVD and haven't yet watched
Shrek 3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hellboy Nacho Libre Family Guy presents Blue Harvest Of those, I haven't even seen 3 of them at the cinema/on TV. This is mostly a mental note to make sure that next time there's nothing good on TV, I get around to actually watching these films... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
A Fresh Start
I've been wanting to re-design this site for some time. The previous design dates from late 2005, and has been in place for the best part of 2 1/2 years. So here's a brand new look for the site. I was planning a wordy post for this, but instead here's what has changed in bullet form: I'm now... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Kernel Panic Screensaver
Months ago, I downloaded a Kernel Panic Screensaver, which is a screensaver for Mac OS X that simulates a kernel panic - the Mac equivalent of Windows' Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I suppose the main reason why you would download this was so that you could stealthily set it as someone's... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Fixing MT's Performance
I've mentioned a few times that I have been having problems with Movable Type's performance - high CPU usage and timeouts. The CPU usage turned out not to be caused by MT, but the timeouts were - most of the time when rebuilding pages I would get a blank page because it took so long. Quack, at... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Been away, going away...
I've been away from this blog for some time - 2 weeks almost - which is mostly due to being busy at work and having very little free time at home as I've been playing World of Warcraft a bit more than usual lately (but now have a second level 70 character as a result). So what's happened over... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
UK Banks and Encryption
Here's a short survey I have done on the levels of encryption employed by UK banks for their online banking systems, and whether they use EV (extended validation) security certificates. Ideally, sites such as those that deal with money should be using the strongest encryption available (256-bit... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
More thoughts about 3 Mobile Broadband
After promising I wouldn't blog too much about the 3 Mobile Broadband dongle that I'm trying out for 3 Mobile Buzz, I then managed to not blog about at all for a couple of weeks, which was clever... Anyhow, here's another blog post, and, as you'd expect, the dongle is what is helping me post this... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
How I deal with feed overload
RSS, Atom and feed technologies are great for keeping up with blogs, news sites, comics, or any other web site that is frequently updated. By aggregating feeds using a feed reader, you can get an overview of a wide range of different sites all in one place, and keep track of new content from many... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Going Beta
I'm giving Movable Type 4.15 Beta 4 a whirl on here. It's supposed to deliver a large raft of performance improvements, which considering the recent issues I have had with performance should be very welcome. Time will tell if it makes it a difference. Read more...
Published 2 months ago
MacBook hard disk upgrade complete
I'm probably boring you all now with my incessant ramblings about the hard disk upgrade, but the good news is that it is done and dusted. I picked up the correct screwhead from Maplin and switched the drives over without any major problems, although I would advise you that when you boot the... Read more...
Published 3 months ago
