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Posts from ‘October, 2009’

[Gig Pics] Therapy? & Ricky Warwick at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

Following on from last month, when I was lucky enough to get a photopass for The Wildhearts, I managed to score myself a photopass for yet another of my all time favourite bands.
I’ve loved Therapy? for as long as I can remember, for example I used to listen to Troublegum on my walkman (cassettes, obv) [...]

Amazon international Kindle ships, buyers remorse imminent?

I got the notification that my Amazon Kindle order shipped today, with delivery expected in a couple of days.
In my excitement, I hopped over to the Kindle book store (accessed via Amazon.com as opposed to the .co.uk) to queue up some books and previews ready for its arrival.
It’s accurate to say that I’m left a [...]

Moving to eBooks?

bibliophile |ˈbɪblɪə(ʊ)fʌɪl|nouna person who collects or has a great love of books.
I travel a lot for work and quite often my flights are longer than just a couple of hours.
This means that my MBP battery life isn’t long enough to sustain the entire flight and besides, I don’t often get to fly First Class so [...]

X360 or PS3?

I own both (as well as a very underused Wii).
Historically, i’ve invested far more into the X360 than the PS3 both in terms of buying games and actual game time.
Most of my friends also own X360’s so back when I had lots of free time for gaming, I spent time playing online over the fantastic [...]

Clearing the BIOS password on a Dell D610

Seeing as I work in technology, that obviously means I’m the first port of call for friends/relatives with any kind of computer issue.
A couple of weeks ago, one of my wifes friends asked if I could take a look at her lappy – a Dell D610.
She hadn’t used it for a few years as she [...]