Padded Cell
Just managed to get a couple of tickets for the NFL (American Football) game at Wembley between the 'New Orleans Saints' and the 'San Diego Chargers'.Was amazed that the register worked this year after last year's ticketing fiasco.It will great to...
Help, does anyone have any idea why this message is coming up when I try to get to the Yahoo Mail page in Firefox? It was working fine earlier, other websites seem fine in Firefox, and Yahoo Mail works in IE. No settings have been changed, cookies are...
I put this in the padded cell because it's clearly now a political popularity competition and nothing else. If Wogan quits in protest, as he will, I wonder if the UK will pull out of future competitions, and whether other western European countries...
Doh!
I may buy an XBox 360 later in the year. Is the mid-range version with 20GB likely to be OK for"real world" use or to put it another way is the £ 60 premium for the Elite (120GB) justified or needed ? Thanks.
Nikon D300 v Leica D Lux 3Nikon D300 + 17/55 f2.8 lens at c£1,800 v Leica Dlux 3 at c£450.Will the D300 deliver strikingly better pictures than the Leica to justify the extra cost, weight, bulk and fiddling.Will the Leica be a waste of...
Just got back from seeing it. Thoroughly recommend it if you enjoyed the first three.
I like a good mushroom soup.You guys?
And it's a bargain at US$500m.And it's pretty big SuperNAP - By The Numbers * 407,000 square feet of space * 250 MVA Switch owned substation * 146 MVA of UPS supply * 84 MVA of UPS supply * 30,000 tons of system plus system cooling * 4,500,000 CFM *...
The BBC reports a "Telectroscope" connects New York and London via a (very) long tunnel running through the earth's crust, with the images bouncing back and forth using mirrors.
Well I started counting the CD's and LP's I have and scared myself to death at how many there are.I hate to think what the insurance premium would be if I value them for replacement cost......so who has taken out insurance on their music software and...
This is one of our 'in' phrases at work.What 'in' phrases do you guys have?
Hi all;I'm moving into a new house (hopefully) next month. It is being renovated now and part of what I'm getting done is a dedicated mains cable for my hifi. Question... Should the cable terminate in a single socket and then use a hydra? Should I...
What an amazing spectacle of football tonight - you have got to feel sorry for chelsea, there was nothing between the teams. Poor John Terry, a trooper throughout slips on a patch of damp grass and its downhill from there.Amazing. Lovely to see Bobby...
Chris,In live view, does your lcd screen have any stuck pixels?Mine has 3 which only show on live view. They are not there in normal use or the menu and they don't show up on the image.
About to set off from York to Aberdeen, to sit (hopefully) my last exam for a good few years and empty my flat up there. It should take about 8 hours with a short break or two. Will I survive with 60GB of Apple Lossless files on a somewhat aged...
I thought this information from David Stevenson at MoneyWeek interesting.Not for the financially nervous, but better to know what might be coming IMHO.It’s that R-word again. Loose talk of a ‘recession’ has been bandied about for...
HiIs the iPOD still the "one to get?"I need a quality player and am considering the Classic Black 80Gb or 160Gb and was intending to listen to WAV files which I believe is possible?Is it easy to transfer them from my XP PC?I am aware about the benefit...
I've lost my manual. I can't find one through Google. Anyone know how to get hold of one?
Very nice indeed James
Any users with barcode decoding software. I have a digital image of a datamatrix code (2d) I would like to evaluate.ThanksSteve
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Hello everyoneMy gear has been in storage for the best part of 4 years. I'd now like to get some of it shipped from the UK to New Zealand. Can anyone advise on the best way of doing this - air freight companies, insurance, packaging, pitfalls etcFor...
I've been asked to post a NAIM pre-amp and amp frotm the UK to Singapore by sea. Has anyone ever done this and can anyone recommend me a carrier? Reliable, inexpensive and with a good reputation are the characterists I'd prefer.Thanks for any help.MC