| Mother****ing Motherboards! |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:35 pm] |
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You'd think that choosing a motherboard is simple. It should be simple. It used to be. Choose a processor, choose your memory, and select a board to suit, perhaps with a preference for one particular chipset over another, or for the less pragmatic, one that's an interesting colour.
So why the fuck does CCL have 26 or so in the clearance section alone, and one hundred and thirty-nine!!! in the Socket 775 section?! How does one even compare all of those, never mind make a decision?
My only criteria for a decent motherboard these days is one without any onboard sound I'll never use.
And I don't think a single motherboard in CCL or anywhere else satisfies that. |
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| Pikeys stole my internet! |
[Jul. 21st, 2008|03:34 pm] |
Our LES100 circuit that feeds the office internet connection went down at 4am this morning.
It turns out that some pikey-scum tried to nick a couple of hundred meters of copper cable from a telecoms pit somewhere in Leeds.
Only it wasn't copper, it was fibre, so it'd been yanked, cut, and left in situ, although other runs of copper have been nicked.
(The on-site engineer we had round carried a SunSet MTT. Mmm, the geek in me wants one of those!) |
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| Tribe takes on global mining firm |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|12:26 pm] |
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| |  contemplative | ] |
This story makes me want to play SimIsle all over again. Of course, I'd end up making my islands into tourist traps, as always . . . |
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| Muzzle check |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|11:06 am] |
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| |  relieved | ] |
I saw my dentist this morning for my first bi-annual check-up, and told I have perfectly healthy teeth and gums!
I literally can't remember when I was last told that - I was probably still at school! |
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| Ain't gonna give you a diamond ring . . . |
[Jul. 15th, 2008|02:17 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
That kinda gift don't mean anything.
Wanna get you somethin' from the heart;
Something special, girl:
It's a duck in a box!
(for those who don't know the song) |
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| Cisco - Pay us for our mistakes? |
[Jul. 15th, 2008|12:07 pm] |
Maybe someone a little more versed with Cisco products than me can answer this:
I've bought two new Cisco 857 routers now. I was kind of expecting a facility to register their serial numbers for at least a few months of software updates, should anything need patching. Alas, it seems I was mistaken. I can't find any such facility.
It seems without purchasing additional service contracts, I can't even check whether my version IOS could or should be upgraded. This seems rather extortionate. These are only 'cheap' soho / small office routers, hardly core carrier devices costing more than the average home. Is Cisco really giving me the finger, having just got my business?
There's a TAC (Technical Assistance Centre) service request tool, but I don't even have permission to use that. |
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| More amps... |
[Jul. 14th, 2008|11:24 pm] |
A little more googling revealed the existence of the 7700's bigger brother, the HA-8700!
And it's smaller sister, the HA-5700
I'd love a 5700, 7700 or 8700 *pine* |
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| Quest for the long lost Amplifier! |
[Jul. 14th, 2008|08:45 pm] |
I've been casually searching for a particular amplifier I had in my teens for a while, but never too sure exactly which model it was. Thanks to a lot of time spent on google images and trial-and-error, I've figured out the model number. I'm after a Hitachi HA-7700.
A neighbour once donated this beast of an amp to me, but during my stupid meddling as a bored geek-teenager it ended up broken and discarded. It uses power mosfets in its output stage, and I've never heard an amp deliver such a crisp, clear sound. I tend to listen to a flat, unaltered signal as far as possible, although it's simple bass and treble controls hit exactly the right places, without ruining the overall sound. It's was also built to last, and weighed a ton!
Aesthetically it was really pleasing too:
( more goodness )
Should anyone happen to find this beast of an amp kicking about anywhere, please, please please let me know! I'm quite willing to drive to any corner of the country to get another one of these. Apart from sounding sheer awesome, it's also a little bit of my past, in a sentimental kinda way. |
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| Divided opinion |
[Jul. 13th, 2008|10:11 pm] |
Protest disrupts bishop's sermon.
I'm really split on what to make of this issue of gay bishops. By and large, it's quite amusing that people waste their life debating such a thing, and serves my silent agenda of keeping the church broken, divided and seriously obsoleted.
On the other hand, watching that video of a person heckling the gay US bishop giving a sermon in London (and some of his congregation joining in calls for him to repent), I also feel a sense of disgust. Whatever I think of organised religion, I have a smidgen of admiration for Bishop Robinson - while his motives may seem unfathomable or just plain misplaced to me, he's nonetheless chosen to walk a very tough, even brave path. It's disheartening to see arseholes with their bigoted, violent opinions and mindset so narrow it must be on the planck length heckling anyone. It's also a reminder that while some people simply wish to co-exist peacefully, there'll always be others in our 'civilised' world that want anything but. |
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| Now you're thinking with portals |
[Jul. 12th, 2008|02:07 am] |
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| | mischievous | ] |
You know you're in too deep when you consider writing a portal about portals at Wikipedia. You know you've got too much time on your hands when you actually do it. |
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| Vibrating goodness |
[Jul. 11th, 2008|07:46 pm] |
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| | relaxed | ] |
Mmm, I've bought myself one of these: A Homedics Shiatsu+ Massage Seat
My back's never felt so good! I tried this out in John Lewis last weekend, and nearly bought one there and then. I'm glad I waited, because John Lewis wanted £160, but Amazon sell them for £97. Bit of a saving there!
*bzzzzzzzzt* ~ murrrrrrr! ~ |
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| Where do they get this from? |
[Jul. 10th, 2008|09:32 pm] |
It must be another no-news day...
Scary stuff.
Hope she doesn't live anywhere near me. |
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