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A week with no laptop

Posted on August 11, 2009 by James

Having returned from an overnight stay at Amy’s I took out my laptop and noticed the charger wasn’t in my bag, and then realised with some irritation that I’ve left it plugged in at her house. This wouldn’t normally be a problem since I could just collect it next weekend, but I’m going away to America for two weeks, and was planning on taking my laptop with me.

Fortunately my cousin… Continue reading

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Mame Cabinet – With added electroshock therapy

Posted on May 4, 2009 by James

danger-electric-shock-risk-signAs part of my ongoing “learning by my near fatal mistakes” attitude to life I’ve discovered some interesting problems with my MAME cab. While undergoing the torture known as “getting MAME to work” I found the PC kept crashing, or being just plain weird. Having to reset the BIOS every time it was powered up was getting tedious too.

So, deciding the… Continue reading

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In Geneva

Posted on August 21, 2008 by James

I’m currently sat on the bank of the lake, watching the fountain spew water into the sky. It’s hot and sunny and really quite pleasant. The free city-wide wifi helps too, as does my dad’s Asus Eee PC, my N810 fails to connect to the network at all.

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Smoke on the water… screaming babies in the sky

Posted on August 13, 2008 by James

Welcome aboard EasyJet flight Screaming Baby 592 from Liverpool to Geneva. On your flight today you will spend more time waiting in the airport than on the plane itself. Upon reaching Geneva, remember we have landed in Switzerland and not France.

After failing to buy a new mobile phone we zoomed off to the airport, got on our plane full of shouting children and were transported to Geneva. From there we… Continue reading

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Fog and more motorway driving

Posted on May 27, 2008 by James

It’s pretty foggy out there. I’ve just been ‘over the border’ (between Yorkshire and Lancashire) along the M62 to visit Steve to sort out some things we’re doing. The weather wasn’t so bad when I left, just the usual drizzle and rain, but over the tops it’s a near whiteout. Coming back in the dark was a slow and difficult affair, playing the game of ‘spot the red lights’ and… Continue reading

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