Monthly Archives: June 2006

Centre of Communications

I reckon that pretty much everyone who reads Jedimoose (which contains a reasonable cross-section of geeks and non-geeks, I believe) will have heard of VoIP, or, if not, then probably Skype. Since broadband became really common, VoIP has been on … Continue reading

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Media Player Redux

I said in my previous post that I would post some additional thoughts about my new media player after a couple of weeks of usage. Overall, the experience has been very good – the player produces good quality music, is … Continue reading

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Highlights of Saturday’s Doctor Who

The Electric Light Orchestra. Peter Kay. Every moment with Jackie Tyler (Rose’s Mum). The Doctor not going on about how much he loves humanity. The Tardis (which is criminally underused). BigAl

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Drunken times and other events

A gentle weekend which (as usual) was far too short. It was a friend’s 30th celebration in the pub on Saturday night, so much beer was enjoyed. It was good to see the guys there (the old-IO mob for the … Continue reading

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Currently Listening To…..

I’m not a big music listener, but recently I’ve been in search of some good Creative Commons music that I can use in the upcoming Camp Drama Video. And thus I have come up with a couple of gems that … Continue reading

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All good things…

…must come to an end. Still, companions come and go. That’s part of what makes good Doctor Who. BigAl

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Rockin’ with the Sith

A performance from the 2006 MTV Music Awards. Gnarls Barkley. Cool band. Cool music. Cool Vid. Nuff Said. BigAl 

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Freespiration

A short while ago, Linspire announced the creation of the Freespire project, a free, community-driven distribution based on their commercial Linspire product. I’ve been mulling over this move for a while, and why I think that, ultimately, it’s going to … Continue reading

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Streaming to Windows Media Player

Took me _ages_ to work out how to do this with VLC, so I thought it was worth writing it down, in the hope that the Google crawler will pick it up and help other people out. In VLC pick … Continue reading

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Another great invention

Here’s an idea for a killer product: I really liked my Creative mp3 player – one of the best things was the small size, and built-in USB plug. It was a shame it was so small. So I was thinking … Continue reading

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Annoyance: Bad Laptop Keyboards

This has been bugging me for a while, so I’d thought I’d rant and get it out of my system. My laptop has a great keyboard. The keys are all in the right places, and they’re of a reasonable size, … Continue reading

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Oggy Oggy Oggy

Oi Oi Oi Got myself a new media player, I did. I’ve been on the hunt for something new for a while now – casually surfing ebay looking for something suitable. I had a few criteria: 1. It should be … Continue reading

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Burny head

Got a bad case of the burny head yesterday for the brief time that I was actually out in the sun. I never expected that the weather was going to be so damn sunny/hot yesterday when it wasn’t even remotely … Continue reading

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Debt camps

For those of you who can’t manage your finances and have accumulated loads of guff in the process. I have no sympathy for people who whinge about how much debt they’re in and then boast about how much “cool” stuff … Continue reading

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