Author Archives: David

Intel Clobbers AMD

Posted on June 10, 2008 by David

Well it does according to the June 2008 edition of ‘Business Buyer’s Guide’ from DABS.! Here is a scan of page 41 The Core 2 Duo E6550 has a clock speed of 233GHz and the E8500 has a clock speed … Continue reading →

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Setting up a laptop and projector for PowerPoint

Posted on June 10, 2008 by David

I was asked to write some basic instructions on how to set up a laptop and projector so that it can be used to display a PowerPoint presentation and here it is. You can download it as a PowerPoint version … Continue reading →

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A New Toy

Posted on May 7, 2008 by David

I’ve got a new toy. Actually its a new PC built by my own hands. The main reasons for getting it are to run a bunch of databases for development work and to have a system to play with linux. … Continue reading →

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Elvis has left the conference

Posted on April 26, 2008 by David

It was one of those days at work and I was about to be involved in a teleconference with some colleagues. This was the third one we had set up, the other two having lasted over 2 hours. Now, when … Continue reading →

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Brilliant

Posted on March 28, 2008 by David

This just made me laugh… http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/28/t5_reconstruction/

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New Phone

Posted on January 28, 2008 by David

I finally gave in and bought a new mobile phone. The old brick was at least six years old and could be used for phoning people and for writing text messages….slowly. It didn’t have predictive text so it was the … Continue reading →

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I want one!

Posted on December 15, 2007 by David

Enough said. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/14/wireless_usb_missile_launcher/

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For Mr. Ben

Posted on December 13, 2007 by David

Mr. Ben said that I hadn’t posted anything for a while. So here is a post! I was around at Mr. Ben’s house last night to watch Liverpool beat Marseille and we had to watch it on the internet. It … Continue reading →

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Old code may come back to haunt you

Posted on October 5, 2007 by David

I had a phone message from one of my workmates at a previous employer about the software that I helped to write whilst I was there. Apparently the current custodians have broken some bits of it and they may as … Continue reading →

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Now what was that password?

Posted on August 23, 2007 by David

I’ve setup a copy of this site on one of the PCs at home so that I could play with WordPress without totally trashing the live version. Last night I thought I would have a bit of a play with … Continue reading →

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