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Apr/10

HTC Desire Mini Review

Filed Under Linux, Mobile Phone at 30th April 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have finally made the jump from the iPhone to an Android OS phone. Whilst the OS 4.0 from Apple preview event looked good, there was no sign or mention that they will change the App store and it’s … Continue reading →

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Apr/10

Week 2/4(ish) Without Internet At Home

Filed Under Blog at 25th April 2010 21:35 by

Due to a BT error I have been living at home without Internet for just over two weeks now. In that time I have got a new mobile phone which I will review once I get the Internet back. The … Continue reading →

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Apr/10

Halifax New Home Welcome Pack

Filed Under Blog at 9th April 2010 0:01 by

I was very shocked when Halifax sent us a welcoming pack. It’s these little things that makes me glad I bank with them. Can’t wait to move my some accounts from Santander to Halifax too.

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Apr/10

Graph Annotation And Settings Features

Filed Under energy@home at 1st April 2010 0:01 by
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Mark’s use of energy@home highlights a need for annotation function but before getting to that stage I want to customize the way historical data is retrieved. Currently it only shows pre-set number of settings but I face a UI challenge … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

Megabit To Gigabit Network

Filed Under Networking at 26th March 2010 7:50 by

Overview I have finally made the switch to Gigabit networking! Thanks to an Amazon deal I bought some switches to kit my network out. Because I do move large files about such as video files as well as streaming from … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

144 Bug

Filed Under energy@home, Software at 21st March 2010 15:25 by

I have been in contact with Mark on my energy@home project and found Mark’s website which led me to a disappointing discovery – bug in the CurrentCost device. Whilst it has not affected me yet it is somewhat disconcerning that … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

Dropbox Causes Duplicate Folders In Mozilla Thunderbird

Filed Under Software at 10th March 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have been busy migrating from Windows 7 RC to full retail version of Windows 7. It has taken over 1.5 full days (which includes half a day formatting a brand new 1TB hard drive). During the course of … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

PDF Printer In Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux at 1st March 2010 0:01 by

It is really simple to add a PDF printer in Ubuntu 9.10. A PDF printer prints a page and writes to a file in PDF format. To install this feature typer in the terminal: sudo apt-get install cups-pdf That’s it. … Continue reading →