Author: Keith

So instead of spending all day hunched over a keyboard, yesterday a large number of people from work spent the day hunched over garden spades. Why? We had a “corporate community day”, which, translated, means we spent the day doing manual labour for a number of deserving and underfunded projects. My group spent the day… Continue reading Out and about

So, with the new graphics card in place and seemingly running well (although I haven’t really given it a thorough workout yet), this problem is no more. At least the desktop PC part isn’t. I *also* think I might have more-or-less got the mythbox up and running. Some lingering problems with vga (the Sony tv… Continue reading Goggle (not a typo), Black tower

Remember that new PC I was building? Well, it didn’t work. It seemed like the video card was faulty, so I sent that back. Ebuyer apparently tested it, and found it faulty, so they’ve sent me a replacement. Tonight, I’ll see if it works…! Also, some theiving little chavs nicked my laptop bag. Bastages. Luckily,… Continue reading Fingers crossed

…or something. I’m quite inordinately proud that I made it to work this morning. On the bike. Despite my despicably bad sense of direction sending me down numerous wrong turnings. And stuff. According to the bike computer, it took me about 55 minutes to travel 10 miles. Or rather, 49 minutes to travel 10 miles,… Continue reading Just call me Lance

Or rather, read the model number of the motherboard you’re ordering carefully – and make sure you click on the right “buy” button. So I got an Asus P5WD2-E Premium, when I really wanted an Asus P5WDH Deluxe. Idiot. Which means, not only do I have to pay £9 to send the incorrect board back,… Continue reading Read the fine print, Luke