While I was away last week my wife had to cope with a dying wireless router, which began fizzing to signify the end of its useful life. I’m not a hardware expert, but I’ve always believed routers shouldn’t fizz. A quick trip to the local peripherals shop, and we are the proud new owners Belkin […]
Category Archives: home
Anyone want to buy a flat?
We’re selling our flat. We’ve always enjoyed living in West End, and will probably move to somewhere very nearby, but we’re hoping to move to something a little bigger. Ideally we would both have space to work at home, with a study for me and a studio for Rachel. Also we’d like to get a […]
Mac Mini
Just ordered a Mac Mini. I can already feel my hair growing. I got the 1.42 Ghz version, but with the base 256 MB of ram. I see Crucial are selling 1 GB sticks for waaay less than Apple, so I guess it’s time to find a putty knife … or some CAT5 … or […]
Home from Raleigh
I’m back in the UK. I’m tired, and working from the comfort of my bed today. I’m jetlagged (though that’s getting better). Update: It turns out that my wife not only had the same flight numbers and the same meals as me when she flew out last month (not that surprising, since AA don’t have […]
24 Hour TV Marathon
My name is Roo and this is the longest day of my life or How to survive a 24 hour TV marathon Some friends and I talked for a long time about watching all 24 episodes of the first season of 24, back to back. If you take out the trailers each episode is only […]