Sooo close

Posted on Tue 09 January 2007 in geek

If I can bring the Currys.Digital sales guy down another 100 or so pounds I'm tempted to get my Christmas present to self. His current (first) offer was ?1100 including tilt wall mounting with delivery and install. I think the best web price I found was ?929 but I'm …


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A few Geek triangles

Posted on Tue 09 January 2007 in geek

I was asked which of the next gen consoles I was most likely to get. Currently there is a strong chance Nintendo's Wii will join my collection. However I do want to actually have a play with one before I make the purchase.

Despite it being a Sony product I …


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Overlay this

Posted on Mon 04 December 2006 in geek

I had a quick play with Democracy last night on my laptop. I've now added to my main box (using the very handy overlay concept). At first blush its just an integrated video player which can slurp stuff of things like YouTube and Google Video. Of course it's ambitions are …


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Spanners

Posted on Mon 04 December 2006 in geek

You would think that B&Q would stock 24mm or 26mm spanners given that you need to tighten the bits on standard stock 15mm pipe fittings. It was a bit of a pain but I managed to get everything capped off nicely. The plan to remove the old toilet was …


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All I want for Christmas is.....

Posted on Sat 02 December 2006 in geek

....an adaptor for my K800i the provides a 3.5mm mini jack. I don't mean one of the overpriced Sony branded "Walkman" headphones with added 3.5mm jack. I mean the little attaching fly leads I found in the Orange shop but the guy wouldn't sell me without a new …


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