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The PC Fixer

Monday, May 11th, 2009

I seem to have acquired a reputation at work for being able to work miracles. In the space of 3 days I’ve picked up 2 dead PC’s from 2 different friends. Both are non-booters, and both quite new.
The first one I’ve ‘fixed’ already – by taking the graphics card out and using the onboard VGA [...]

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Recovery Disks

Friday, May 8th, 2009

It seems the days when computers came with proper CD’s of full operating systems for use should a hard drive crash or be upgraded, are long behind us. In fact the last time I remember that happening were around about Windows 95. 14 years ago. Shocking.
I’m using Mum’s PC as my primary workspace at the [...]

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A Quandary

Friday, May 8th, 2009

I got thinking today about where I’d like to live, when I finally get back on my feet, find a nice place, get a mortgage and generally pretending to be “all grown up” and so forth. Do I stay in the area I’ve lived my entire life so far, or do I move somewhat closer [...]

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WordPress for iPhone

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

I don’t own an iphone but I do have an iPod touch, which is basically the iPhone sans camera and phone. I found just now the wordpress app in the AppStore. Free!
So I can now blog away from the PC. Brilliant!

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Yesterday’s Curry – Today’s Taste Test

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Ok, so the curry I blogged about making yesterday? I didn’t have time to eat any yesterday before having to go to work, so I popped all 5 pots in the fridge. I just had one.
My mouth is dissolving. No. Seriously. This is hotter than hot.
Lovely!

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