One of the ‘duties’ you acquire as the member of the family who knows something about computers is that you end up trying to keep your parents’ computer updated with software patches etc.
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June 30, 2009
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
June 30, 2009
by Neil T
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Vacation mode
This post is pre-recorded and by the time it goes live I should be on the first leg of my journey to France, which will involve a coach, a train, the London Underground, another train and finally a plane, with some walking peppered in between.
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June 28, 2009
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Mac Mini Media Centre: Hardware
It’s Monday, so it’s time for part two of the Mac Mini Media Centre project entries – the hardware, as in what I have to work with at the moment and what I need to buy.
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June 28, 2009
by Neil T
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How to: Create BPM playlists in iTunes
Via LifeHacker is a tool called BPM Analyzer. Feed it some music files, and it will analyse them to calculate the number of beats per minute.
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June 26, 2009
by Neil T
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The Diet
Over the past few months, I’ve been on a diet, of sorts. Not a very strict one, mind – I’m following the simple rule of eat smaller portions of healthier food and do more exercise.
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June 26, 2009
by Neil T
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Wanted: guest bloggers
As I’ve mentioned a few times, I’m going to be away on holiday from the 1st July until the 13th, which means I won’t probably be blogging between those two dates. So that this blog isn’t dead for 2 weeks, I’d like one or two people to log in a couple of times while I’m away and post something.
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June 25, 2009
by Neil T
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Melody
Just recently announced is Melody, a new open source content management system based around the blog concept that is derived from Movable Type.
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June 24, 2009
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The entry where I moan about BT
I previously mentioned that things aren’t going so well in the internet department at our new house.
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June 24, 2009
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The film queue
On Saturday I moved house again. Unfortunately we don’t yet have internet, so I’m using the opportunity to watch some of the films that I own on DVD which I haven’t seen before.
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June 21, 2009
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Mac Mini Media Centre: Requirements
It’s Monday, so it’s time for part one of the Mac Mini Media Centre project entries – the requirements. In other words, what I actually want the thing to do.
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