Category Archives: Technology
Today’s bizarre and confusing error message
… comes from Microsoft OneNote when you attempt to connect to a Windows Live account that hasn’t ever been used for online file storage:
OneNote telling me it CAN open a file because there is an error…
Communication Failure
There I was, happily Consuming some Internet and doing my part to fill popular social networking sites with noise when … things started to go a bit funny. First browsing stopped working, then Skype went offline followed by Google Talk finally noticing my Internet was offline. After some investigation I noticed my ADSL router no longer had an IP address but was syched with the line.
So I switched… Continue reading | 1 Comment
YouTube HTTP 500 error
I’ve not seen this before…
I suppose something broke in an interesting way. I wonder if the block of data means anything. If it happens again I’ll capture it and see if there’s anything to decode… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Weird things in my house
Moving into new houses is fun, they usually have all sorts of odd quirks and this one is no exception. It features crazy heating controller which has no manual and an alarm box that lacks any explanation of what the lights on it mean. Next to the electric box a bright yellow sticker warns people that both versions of BS7671 are in use and to be very careful when… Continue reading | 3 Comments
Approaching normality
Parts of my house are now tidy and unpacked. The front room has a pleasing arrangement of items within it, and my bedroom looks like a bedroom, rather than a room where I store a large bed.
It’s a subtle thing, but just like photography and art, the arrangement of items in your room can either look harmonious and pleasing, or somehow grate and look wrong. This house is… Continue reading | 3 Comments