Tag Archives: Real Life

Broadband Frustrations

Since I upgraded my living situation a few weeks ago (moved into a new house share with 2 friends) I’ve been without an internet connection. We ended up having to wait 2 weeks for BT to “install” our phone line (in quotes since it was physically already there), then around 10 days for the ISP [...]

ThinkLighting The Way

I’m on my second ThinkPad now. Last year I replaced my failing T42 with a T60. Both had/have ThinkLights, but I’ve never seen the point in them before…
Right now though, sitting in the garden at night, I finally see the point (I can see my keyboard!!!). Mind you, it’s irrelevant how well lit my laptop [...]

New PC Happiness

Woo yeah for me – I finished setting up my new PC this afternoon Loving the responsiveness that Core2Duo/2GB memory gives you – Eclipse positively flies on this thing!
Installation was a little more work than usual, but still pretty simple. Since the new motherboard uses the dreaded JMicron  JMB361 SATA/PATA controller the 2006.1 [...]

Phi – The Next Generation

After the motherboard in Phi (my desktop PC) died last week, I took some time deciding what to do. I could have found an old S478 board as a replacement (the cheaper option), but I found the temptation to upgrade the whole box too much to resist.
So, this evening I ordered the parts which will [...]