New house! All going well, the house search is over, and I shall shortly (well, relatively shortly) be living in Catford. I should probably link that, and will later. In the meantime, please read the blog of The Man From Catford. I’ve no idea who he is, from a quick glance I think I’d like… Continue reading Eastward ho!

I’m buying a house. Or rather, I’m going to. The search officially started this week (first viewing on Monday), and continues until further notice. So – anyone expecting good Christmas presents, best start resigning yourselves to disappointment!

Well. Replacement parts have arrived, latest version of Ubuntu installed, MythTV configured. Lovely. Except, well, it’s completely unstable. I think it’s a heat issue, possibly the northbridge. As soon as anything intensive kicks in, it hard locks and needs a power cycle. So I think Mike’s old mobo might get an airing…wonder how well ubuntu… Continue reading Mythbox: still not working (properly)

So, I acquired a new motherboard for the Mythbox from Mike. Short version: wasn’t the motherboard that was the problem. It was the crappy Antec power supply that had burst its caps (when I removed it, I could see the gunk leaking!). So, I’ve replaced that with the old Enermax that was powering the mythbox’s… Continue reading Not quite finished

My mythbox has been down for a while, as the motherboard is finally dying and emits a piercing shriek at all times when the power is connected. Not fun. Given that I’m loathe to dispose of anything before it’s completely trashed, and also a bit skint, I don’t want to buy completely new hardware. Handily,… Continue reading Mythbox sidegrade