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Weather in Market Drayton.
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07 April 2008
Monday, 07 April 2008
Bluetooth A2DP Compatible Adapter.
I recently got a Nokia N95 8GByte. Not only is it a very nice phone, but the 8 GByte means that I can carry around enough audiobooks and music for everyday listening without needing to carry my iPod.
31 January 2008
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Proporta Gadget Bag.
The bag that comes with the Asus eee is fine for carrying the computer, but doesn’t have any space for the charger or other bits and pieces that you might want to carry about.
13 January 2008
Sunday, 13 January 2008
New Asus EEE PC710.
I pre-ordered my Asus eee at the beginning of November, but because of high demand and supply problems I didn’t receive it until a few days before Christmas.
18 December 2007
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
ADSL Disconnection Problems.
Some time ago I upgraded my ADSL to ADSL Max. This worked very well indeed for quite a long time. However, several months ago I noticed that my Zyxel 660H D1 router kept disconnecting, sometimes for several minutes. I have tried all the usual things like disconnecting everything else on the phone line. My router is already plugged into BT’s master socket, so it isn’t dodgy internal wiring and I have tried a Netgear router which showed the same symptoms. Wizards my ISP were very helpful, but we couldn’t really pin down the problem. The next step would be to get BT to test the line. However, if they can’t find a fault they charge you £169 for the privilege of testing your line. Given that the fault was intermittent, it’s quite likely that they wouldn’t find anything wrong.
11 December 2007
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Ubuntu Gutsy - Amarok Suddenly Won’t Play mp3.
I have been using Amarok to play mp3 files in Gutsy for ages. However, after a recent update Amarok suddenly started to say that it couldn’t play mp3 files and would I like to install mp3 support. Now in order to play mp3 files Amarok requires libxine1-ffmpeg, which was already installed. No amount of uninstalling amarok and libxine1-ffmpeg would persuade amarok or xine to play mp3 files.
