Codec Fixing

Posted on Fri 02 January 2009 in geek • Tagged with development, rockbox

Rockbox happily made it through the New Years Eve gathering without frustrating anyone with its occasional rough edges. However I am having problems with .m4a files (unlocked iTunes files) causing Rockbox to throw a strop. Unfortunately debugging is made harder by the inability to attach the very much copyrighted tracks …


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Start of a Journey

Posted on Wed 31 December 2008 in geek

Fliss has always known I'm a bit of a Star Trek fan and on the run up to Christmas was probing me as to which series I thought was the best. The subtle questioning resulted in a present of season one of DS9 for Christmas (FWIW she got a Family …


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I have found what I'm looking for

Posted on Mon 29 December 2008 in geek • Tagged with nc10, netbook

Unlike U2's abortive attempts I have found the netbook I'm looking for. I went into town to play with it after my Dad pointed out the review in PCW. Sure I was wanting to go for an SSD based machine but who can argue with the battery life even if …


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It's cold outside....

Posted on Mon 29 December 2008 in general

..although the atmosphere does in fact seem present. I can't decide if I'm coming down with man-flu or not. When we finally arrived home yesterday my nose developed a distinct runny edge which I combated with Lemsip. However this morning it all seems pretty much fine and I'm about to …


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The Inevitable Post Christmas Write Up

Posted on Sun 28 December 2008 in general

So now the Christmas celebrations are over and we head towards the new year I thought I'd better do a quick write-up.

This year we split Christmas between the two families over two days. This resulted in me feeling a little over fed by the end of the process. Christmas …


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