Lifestream: A great many anticipated movies in the cinema. But with everything that is going on, I cant stomach supporting the industry any longer.
There are two main reasons for this upgrade. Firstly, I was unable to play 720p and 1080p video. And secondly, the new faster broadband connection put such a strain on the system when running bittorrent / utorrent that you could barely use the computer for anything else.
I decided to go with […]
Sennheiser HD-280 Pro for the HTPC and AKG K414P for portable music. I just got fed up with the wireless system I was using for the HTPC. Incidentally a pair of wireless headphones also made by Sennheiser. The hissing, the breakups, the constant changing of batteries and having another bloody power brick stealing energy. The […]
I said almost two years ago that an upgrade was inevitable. But I guess I managed to hold out just a little longer. And it was Unreal Tournament 2007 (by that time renamed to Unreal Tournament 3) that became the final breaking point. That and Crysis. I doubt I will ever own a system that […]
A few items to fill in some blanks.
Firstly, I felt that I needed some sort of case for the Samsung Z5 and Belkin’s silicone version was pretty much the only option. Now I sort of wish I’d gone with Belkin’s other suede model as this silicone variation lacked screen protection. You’d think Belkin could have […]
I finally got around to acquire a mono laser printer. Actually my first printer ever. I never saw the point before and of course, there hasn’t been any really good, affordable mono laser printers until now. Having looked at the playing field around around $100-150, read the proper reviews and calculated toner costs it came […]
It’s been three years since I installed Skype … and forgot about the application. The technology was in its infancy and there was no one to call basically. The software was bulky and a resource hog. Now, three years later, Skype is everywhere and expanding to handle calls to and from the POTS — and […]
I recently upgraded the driver for the R9700, experienced some system irregularities (hinting of a .Net problem) and as it turns out, ATI had included something late last year, namely the Catalyst Control Center, which was previously optional. Yeah, so I guess I should check for new drivers more often. But anyway, the old driver […]
I finally got around to import a sizeable quantity of blank DVD media. Not only is it a lot cheaper per se, but you also get access to quality brands that would normally be out of your price range. If they’re even made readily available in the first place of course because of their unfavorable […]
On the detrimental effects of using Last.fm. Yes really. So I’m a bit of a neat freak and it shows when tagging mp3s and such. The tagging syndrome is one that has progressed over the years and sort of exploded with the introduction of Last.fm. Proper tagging is obviously the cornerstone of the Last.fm / […]
So, as I noted a while back, I had to convert to NTFS. No big deal really. But I held off on the boot drive for various reasons. Mostly because it required booting to a prompt or batching (botching?) the whole operation with Partition Magic. And before I could do anything, I had to enlarge […]
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