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Well, 2.6.12 has hit Debian Unstable, and I’ve just upgraded the laptop, my freevo test box and my work desktop to it. It seems all good, and Splashy works a treat. CD burning seems to be working again, and doesn’t bail out randomly with an unspecified error every time. Next […]

Went to see the original 1949 Whisky Galore at the cinema last night with Charlotte and my Dad. I’ve never seen it before, but I’ve heard quite a bit about it and it was well worth it. A classic.

I’ve just tried this tweak on my laptop to see if it lives up to what it claims. Things did seem marginally faster, but I have have a strange feeling it’s a case of mind over matter. The laptop has a horribly slow hard drive, so that’s the big limiting […]

Kristian and Cecilie arrived yesterday. Charlotte made a slight mistake in assuming they were flying to Glasgow. Airport. Instead , they were flying to Prestwick, so we finally got through to Prestwick Airport and got an announcement put out for them to come to the phone. They duly did, and […]

I’m trying to play back a freebie DVD here on Windows XP, and having a helluva a time. It’s whinging incessantly about not having the correct decoder installed to play back DVD, and suggesting that I download crap 3rd party programs to fill the gap. Linux can do it out […]