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The O2 Lives!

January 26, 2008 - Computers , Geek - by admin - 1 Comment

For a while now, my SGI O2 has languished in the cupboard after being diagnosed with an unknown fault. I decided to dig it out again and have a quick look at it. Powering it up seemed successful, and I got the audio chime but no display. A quick bit […]

Supermarket Labels

January 25, 2008 - Shopping - by admin - No Comments

This is why supermarkets should not make any attempt at advertising…

NES Flickr Photos

January 24, 2008 - Friends , Work - by admin - No Comments

There’s a new set of photos up, from the various nights out over Christmas and New Year. I’ve also put together the NES Flickr pool, to which others can submit as well.

High resolution fonts

January 14, 2008 - Computers , Linux - by admin - No Comments

For a while now, I’ve been running Kubuntu x64 on this shiny Dell D820 laptop. It runs at quite a high resolution for a laptop (1920×1200), and the Nvidia drivers try to be smart by increasing the font dpi. This has the knock on effect of making the fonts ugly […]

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-11

January 11, 2008 - Twitter - by admin - No Comments