I am a bit behind on postings lately, but I have been meaning to post about another iPlayer development. Its now available through a streaming service, based on flash. This helps people on non-microsoft platforms access the content. It is also quick and easy to use, if you have a quick ish connection (Its ok …
Merry Christmas Everyone!
There is a long story behind it, but basically a few drips of water got into my server. I had left it on the bench with the lid off. A drip must have landed on the RAID card, it then dribbled down the card and into the PCI slot. This shorted the card and killed …
There are a number of messages working their way around social networking sites like facebook, here is an example: “If some boy called bum_tnoo7@hotmail.com adds u don’t accept it because its a hacker!! Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds them u get them on your list he’ll figure out …
If your a user of the BBC’s Web Services and you run Linux, now is the time to stand up and be counted. I use linux every day as do I use the BBC’s Website. In a recent statement, it was said that out of the 17.1 million users, only 400 to 600 of them …
Microsoft’s latest coffee table, would like to see one of these, but expect they are rather costly! Check out the videos on the Microsoft Surface webpage.
BBC iPlayer has only been available for users of Windows to date, and currently that is still the case. However, with a number of movements since the launch of iPlayer beta, we may soon see a change. There is no promise of delivering iPlayer to non-Windows users, but according to the BBC Trust, there is …
“Jottit makes getting a website as easy as filling out a textbox.” That’s a statement from their webpage, and its true. The simplicity of this site is just great, It makes posting content online so easy. This is really worth a look! Developments like this open the web up to users with much less technical …
I have just got an old iPAQ that no longer worked. After testing it, it seemed to be running off the mains adapter ok, but died when I unplugged it, I decided to get a new battery off eBay. I fitted the battery with out any problems, charged it, and its working great. I just …
There are bits of my CD collection that have never made it to MP3. I have spent the last few evenings importing them and have opted for MP3 @ 320kbps. This is to make them match the rest of my collection which has been stuck in iTunes to date. I have previously converted some other …