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US Netflix with Chromecast (probably also relevant to other services and display mechanisms)
In a fit of pique last week I bought a Chromecast. Not that this is a review but it works pretty well and has made the process of actually getting a video on the screens (at least of a Netflix persuasion) almost a pleasure ( Read more... ) -
A half-formed thought on Globalism
So the news over the past few months has been about (and really these should all be in quotes) austerity, tax avoidance by big corporations, UK taxes that unfairly target the poorest or least able to defend themselves and now the 'middle class squeeze' on children - that those middle class children of relatively affluent parents growing up can ( Read more... ) -
Something you all probably already knew that I learned today
It's been a while since I've had inspiration to write here but this deserves a post.
sessifet25 linked me to an article titled Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?. Rather than being the usual trite '10 weird tricks to fix your life' it talks about studies and what was learned around willpower, and it resonated.
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Awesome Christmas present :D
My mum and sister ganged together and bought me a Raspberry Pi model B! I didn't have a spare 4GB SD card lying around for the root filesystem, so I used a 1GB card I did have spare and hacked it to run root over nfs to my always-on server:
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[Geek] Linux Memory Management
This has been bugging me for a while. Now I'm coming to the end of my employment at my current place of work I've finally had some time to investigate this area a little further.
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"The arrow of time"
First, let me preface this by stating that I'm just a layperson who is quite interested in this sort of thing. I'm just putting some of my thoughts down as they occur to me without any scientific theory behind it.
Having just watched the first two of four episodes of "The Fabric of the Cosmos", they theorise that the the only reason time has a ( Read more... ) -
Double-take
My ISP are upgrading my broadband speed to 120Mbit. I just realised in order to take full advantage of this I'm going to need to replace the 100Mbit network card that currently services the cable modem.. to 1Gbit!
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Windows 7 Home Theatre PC
I've finally got my silent Windows 7 HTPC behaving. It had sat idle for a good while after I thought it couldn't both play 1080p video (stuttering indicating insufficient CPU horsepower) or multi-channel audio (crappy onboard ATI 4250 HDMI). As this took me the best part of 4 hours to research, fix and tune I thought I'd ( document this to save others the hassle ) -
Lexus LS400 for sale
I don't suppose anyone wants to buy my LPG-converted 4.0L V8 Lexus LS400 do they? Cosmetically not great, but it has 9 months tax and MOT, is very reliable.. the front tyres currently deflate a bit but I'm hoping I'll be able to fix that shortly ( Read more... )