Monthly Archives: February 2010
Grrrrrr Oracle….
Oracle claim they will plough more effort/money/monkeys into Solaris. This is a good thing IMO. However, they also seem to have made a move that is going to make Solaris harder for people to use/dev/playwith on a small scale. Oracle … Continue reading
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more faster interwebs ftw
After my wireless went screwy, and then our Sky box started to bugger about I had a look at what I could get from VirginMedia. I don’t like Sky. I’ve never liked Sky. I’d like HD but I refuse to … Continue reading
Amazon scare me…
Woke the Mac up this morning, and was presented with a warning that I’d not unmounted a disk correctly. Uh oh… Seems that for the second time, my 1TB external WD MyBook has crapped out and just clicks Bit of … Continue reading
Maplin USB Multimeter and MacOS
Over the weekend my trusty old multimeter gave up the ghost (it must be 15 years old so I can’t complain really). A quick hunt around the local area revealed nothing of great interest so a lunchtime trip to Maplins … Continue reading
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Macbook wireless slow and unreliable – possible fix?
For the last couple of days, the wireless on my Macbook (alu unibody) has been unreliable. Packet lost to the router of 20-40% at times! Having a look around, it seems that the once wifi-free locality is now rather stuffed … Continue reading