On Friday I mentioned a website with a nifty name-that-tune competition and said I would give you the URL, well this is it I hadn’t been there for ages. Just had a go and got 10/10 on Genesis, 5/10 for Metallica, 10/10 for Squeeze, and then I tried Baaba Maal and it all crashed… In […]
Entries from February 21st, 2006
Good news about the camera
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Good news about the camera · Life
On Friday I put my broken digital camera in the post to get it repaired under warranty. I took a chance and sent it by normal post – not registered or special mail or anything like that This evening I remembered about it and had a look at the Fujifilm web site, where you can […]
Tags: Gadgets
WordPress 5-minute install
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on WordPress 5-minute install · Technology
Tonight I finally bit the bullet and tried to install WordPress. I feel cheated as it only seemed to take about 4 minutes. I really should have just taken Jo’s word for it and gone ahead last week. I think that what screwed me up was trying to read the documentation. I read beyond the […]
When is an mp3 player not an mp3 player?
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on When is an mp3 player not an mp3 player? · Technology
The answer is – when its a Sony. Remember this piece of kit? Its the Sony NW-A1000 6Gb mp3 player we bought Chrystal for Christmas. I knew there were potential problems with it preferring proprietary file formats and proprietary software but, well, it looked good, and thats whats important for today’s teenagers. From a practical […]
