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One fine day in my odd past I was listening to one of my favourite, ultra-rare, limited edition discs. Jerry Garcia was about half way through his guitar solo and I was about half way through a bag of Monster Munch, when suddenly my old mate Terry...

I heard today a quote, or mis-quote from a man I greatly admire, president Lyndon B Johnson, president of the United States of America November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969.No man is without faults, and LBJ had some, maybe many, but like many...

Talking Radio Alarm Clock details...The first clock was a treat, but twelve months later Wesco topped it with the larger Radio Alarm Clock. This was a weighty item, measuring 210 x 190 x 180mm, and this time our plasticene duo were depicted in their...

Darwin v LincolnBoth were born 12th February 1809. 200 years ago today.Clearly completely different spheres of influence but which one has had most influence on world affaires?CheersDon

If you can read this without laughing, you must be devoid of laughter cells......This was originally shown on BBC TV back in the 70's. Ronnie Barker could say all this without a snigger, though God knows after how many takes. The irony is, BBC...

I received a text from my mate last night. He's at the Nardo test track (where Brundle took the XJ220 to its top speed) to try and break a couple of world endurance records on motorbikes. They are going for two classes, 24 hour duration, and need to...

Very Very good but unremittingly bleak from start to finish. No shade of light whatsoever. Unmissable.

Connections to and from a MAC Mini.Obviously it has outputs for screen display and inputs for mouse and keyboards, but does anyone actually know - please no speculation as I can do that just as badly myself - exactly how a digital signal in SPDIF form...

Just to finish off a really great week,not.I went to wake up the iMAC this morning, it responed with a pop and tripped the downstairs ring, switching off the hifi et all. iMAC is now dead, it didn't blow the 10A fuse in the powerlead mind you.

Does anyone know the best way to locate and import album artwork into iTunes, for those albums that the ITunes store doesn't recognise?

About Time Too

Well, two weeks after moving in, BT finally have our broadband on. The good news is that we've gone from 1.5 mbps to somewhere around 6 to 9 mbps. Which is nice.Oh, and a minor point.... the naim sounds soooo much better on a solid, carpeted floor...

I'm a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to the physics of electricity, so can any of the Illuminati here present reassure me? The protection switch on my spur feed just cut out and the whole stack went dead. I've switched it back on and everything...

Its time to ditch Fortis via Carol Nash as CN are a PITA (except for bikes). Is there a down side to M&S insurance, has anyone tried claiming from them? It's between them and hiscox but hiscox has an alarmingly high excess.

I came across a few articles online that you will probably not like reading. They are about how kids now actually prefer recordings as lower quality MP3's to ones of a much higher quality iPods and Young People Have Utterly Destroyed Music...

Interested to hear your thoughts.

If I need to change my iMAC, should a fix not be forthcoming very shortly, a couple of questions:-Would you notice much difference between a 2.8GHz 2 Gig and the newer 2.66 GHz 4 Gig machine, normal day to day, WP,mail using, forum watching and web...

Anybody growing orchids seriously? They've become so cheap and easy to buy here they're almost throw away plants. I have a long history with them tho not always grown them. Now in my apartment I'm trying to get some to re-bloom and it ain't easy, they...

I do not and cannot condone this, of course. Nevertheless, this is an immensely satisfying news moment.

I just read that Ali Bongo had just popped his clogs - another memory of childhood gone - bugger !!Bongo. ABarrie

Hi,I had to ask this question as I'm soon to have a separate spur fitted, and my 3 powerlines will all be flush with the wall (as opposed to two of them being on a multiplug).I believe the analogy of a water pipe can be used, as I will be going to...

Freeze Frame - Historic Polar Images, 1845-1982 from the Scott Polar Research Institute (went live 1200 GMT 4 March 2009)Includes the incredible Herbert Ponting Collection of photos from Captain Scott's final expedition, 1910-12.And a beautiful photo...

Hello All, I konw this sounds a stupid question but here goes ... I want to put lace curtains on a bay window. Normally I would just put in hooks and run elastic plastic coated wire. But I can't drill into the window because it is double-glazed [and drilling will let moisture in]. I am toild there are stick-on hooks that I can use to run the elastic cable to hold the curtains .. but where can I buy them ? Ideally I would like names of shops in London [I am going there next week] or maybe an...

I want some 12x8 prints of my favourite photos from my 10mp Nikon d80. The files are JPegs edited in 16 bit from the original NEFs of 3-8MB in sizeI recall from my 35mm days results are very variable. Wheres the best place to get them printed?

Hi all,I have a question about travelling to Jersey. I know (as a UK citizen) I don't need a passport. But I do need a photo ID nowadays to get on a plane. (so usually this is a p/port or UK photo Drving license)My question is if my only form of Photo...