message query for hardware

I must have something more interesting to write about than php?

Um, no, perhaps not.I got a new hard drive at last, after all the problems I had with the ibook and having to send it back, I didn't rush into getting another backup job, but I saw a bargain at Maplin Seagate 500GB FreeAgent, and it seems to be worki...

ASUS EEE big size!

Slashdot has a link to the first full review of the big size ASUS EEE micro laptop. So check it out! Despite the fact they make a pink one, I'm less convinced than I was before that this is the right laptop for (say) someone's mother. It might still ...

RE: wg111 (wifi) + ubuntu (linux) still not playing nicely

Cheers, I am all up and running now too. Wifi is too slow to use the box as a backup device as I intended, and ubuntu hangs when I'm transferring large volumes of data, a problem I've seen other people have when googling too... ah well, it was free h...

Some popbitch updates

Had a quiet night in last night, while Clare was out down Chambers with her bro, putting the world to rights. So, did some coding that I'd meant to do for ages, and put a new "new" feature on the popbitch board; posts that are new since your last vis...

Guitar Hero on the Commodore 64

Via www.engadget.com.There's a PC / Mac game you can download for free, where you hold your keyboard like a guitar, Frets On Fire......

There you go, who says degrees are not worth the paper they're written on?

It's probably clear, but that other poster is my dad, he has the VW Beetle that I once owned, he tried to tow my bro-in-law's van with it recently, and it didn't go entirely according to plan...I know I've never done much mechanically, but I like to ...

Ever feel lacking in skills?

I do, all my skills are in software, if the power went off tomorrow I'd be SUNK! I wish I had more hardware skills, not just computer hardware, but general mechanics and making and fixing things. Here's an interesting article along those lines from w...

'PAQ to life

Yesterday's IPAQ battery investigations seem to have paid off, the little computer has come back to life again. I tried every special key combo known to man, and changing the power adapter, but I'm I'm pretty sure it was the threat of selling it off ...

IPAQ battery

9. How frequently can you recharge the battery?Due to the nature of the batteries used in all iPAQ models you can recharge as often and for as long as you like. Your battery will not be damaged by this practice nor can it be overcharged, constant cha...

Hacking the WidePod

OK, I have not actually hacked the new ipod Touch yet, I do not have one and have not seen one in the flesh, but I wanted to have a post on subject anyway. I love the idea of being able to go online on the device, but if it's all geared towards just...

Issues with my mybook drive

After 22 days, I got a response to my support email regarding that mybook external hard drive I bought:We apologize for the delay in responding to you. Due to heavy volume, we are currently beyond our normal turnaround of 1 business day.We realize th...

It's the end of the world.

No, not that end of the world, something a bit more lighthearted. Possibly. In an age where any security camera footage of a crime seems to be inconclusive, or not good enough quality to be of any use, or just not pointing the right way at the right ...

We don't really go out any more

Another smashing weekend, is it time for the next one yet? Saturday I played with the computer most of the day. Had no joy fitting the old big hard drive full of MP3s into the new computer, all the technology is different, the drive is SATA now so I'...

RE: I think it's not cheap

naw, youd be right there. We had a couple of the flash G5 workstations at my previous works. Actually we have a couple of hundred at the new place. any way. hardware for them is not cheap, and neither is software. There is a fair bit of open source a...

The Wireless Music Player: Do-it-yourself remotely managed music player

Loving this DIY wifi music player, one day I'll be ready for my first real hardware hack.

How-To: Scale video for better HDTV viewing - Engadget

Still no Cure tickets

More went on sale just now for the Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Albert Hall, but they must have sold out by the presale link yesterday. Looks like ebay is your best bet then.Today I'm mostly working on adding some social networking type stuff to p...

iPod mini 8GB Upgrade

Idiot Toys

I like www.idiottoys.com, cheers ntk.net, it's www.engadget.com with swearing. If I was more of a gamer I think I would like www.ukresistance.co.uk more too. Their Paris Hilton joke is great....

howto: getting started with microcontroller programming

HOW-TO: Turn your laptop into a home security system

gawd i'm bored

seriously contemplating things to do with very old hardware
anybody have any experimenta type things I can do with a pII 450 that ultimatly involves a fiery death for it?
overclocking without the fan maybe?

Wireless home network

Some right useful info about setting up my own wireless home network from mate at www.itchypaws.co.uk... Posting it up here so I don't delete the email again, and just in case it's useful to anyone else!I have the following router (I think I sent thi...

Sorry, no divis this week

Because of the ongoing site hardware problems, there will be no divis paid out today. Hope that's OK for everyone.

We have a WINNER!

Lee Blair from Edinburgh has won the DVD player, so congrats to him, and commiserations to everyone else...There will be a new competition coming up any day now, to win an equally exciting piece of hardware...All you have to do to be in the draw for ...

TCTC Free Single

It's time to clear up the confusion surrounding the free and forthcoming not free singles from The Cooper Temple Clause...If you join up to their mailing list, on http://www.thecoopertempleclause.com, then you will get a fabulous free seven inch sing...

Santa Clause is coming to town

You've missed a couple of dates, this schedule got caught up in the ether, but there's probably still time to catch The Cooper Temple Clause when they come to your town...The debut EP "The Hardware EP" is out on Monday (the 19th) and will be availabl...

The Hardware EP

Got The Cooper Temple Clause's debut EP at last... Opening track "The Devil Walks In The Sand" is five minutes Led Zeppelin, but it's not just heads down rock, there are LAYERS to it..."Solitude" is an effects laden instrumental track, but with what ...