Category Archives: hardware

a month on

Posted on 2009/06/16 Tue by rob

Well, it’s just over a month since I last posted and the PC is still running.
I’ve updated the motherboard BIOS once but it hasn’t improved the situation with slow Windows installation, nor with the on-board LAN chip not … Continue reading →

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New PC

Posted on 2009/05/03 Sun by rob

I recently purchased a new PC. I had been using my Apple MacBook for quite some time without any desktop PC. And no, I’m not an Apple fan boy, but it has served its purpose quite well.
For what it’s worth, … Continue reading →

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Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD 500 PCI in Linux and MythTV

Posted on 2009/05/02 Sat by rob

I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD 500 PCI to use in a Linux machine. I was planning to use Debian testing/unstable AMD64, and may still do so, but at the moment I’ve settled on Ubuntu Jaunty.
I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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OS X

Posted on 2006/08/31 Thu by rob

Having migrated to OS X for the majority of my daily computer activities I had to look for my basic set of applications to satisfactorily do my stuff, so to speak. I use Thunderbird and Firefox so they’re already sorted. … Continue reading →

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catch up

Posted on 2006/07/08 Sat by rob

It’s been a while since my last post because I’ve been busy with all sorts of stuff. Let’s see if I can recount any of it.
The rest of my final week at University (well, at the house I was living … Continue reading →

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