Monthly Archives: February 2010

Gaggle and Boxee

Today I am mostly playing with the BBC iPlayer, Flickr and YouTube on the free Boxee media centre software on my netbook and listening to Gaggle… and yes, thank you very much to the person who said I should stick … Continue reading

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Perfect Lives

Channel 4 used to show stuff like this – Robert Ashley’s ‘opera for televsion’ called Perfect Lives. In 1983 this blew me away. I watched every minute. I think I might have to get the DVD – even on YouTube … Continue reading

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Simple dual-boot OSX and WindowsXP on Lenovo IdeaPad

If you want OS X running on your Lenovo S10 then a retail copy of Snow Leopard and the Snow Leopard Enabler are clearly the way to go. So far pretty much everything seems to work except sleep and ethernet … Continue reading

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Random lunchtime oddness

The other day after 2 hours helping to keep a radio show on air, I stepped out for a breath of air and some shopping. In Tesco’s a man was struggling with the coffee vending machine whilst barking into his … Continue reading

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