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Just had a call from my mum and her 35mm camera's packed up (yet to look at it but apparently the chap at Jessops confirmed it's knackered).As I see it, it probably makes sense to go digital, camera costs are falling, there's the obvious "no film or...
Hi thereSorry if a similar query's been posted recently but the search feature was at lunch when I tried to use it.I've got an analogue Hi-8 camcorder and years worth of tapes. I'd like to transfer the footage onto my PC and edit down to DVD. If I...
Has anyone extended their house?We have an architect coming over on Thursday to discuss and hopefully go away and produce the plans.Any tips???Mike
MuchachosJust thinking this morning.... to save nausea lets discount: a) children, b) the switch to Naim kit: but what is the one bright shining thing you have done that makes you think... " *I* did that"?No need for modesty.RegardsMikeSpending money...
Last Sunday I placed a web order for a tripod which would be delivered within 3 days.It had yet to arrive so I emailed them today to see where it was and received a reply saying the price I "bought" it for was wrong as it should have been £40...
Anyone know what has become of the poor chap?
Any legal types out there can tell me what this term means. We might be interested in and old property that is "for sale by private treaty”. Could someone explain?RegardsMartin
Well its the first of September and Santa kindly delivers me a brand new Nissan 350Z.Its Chilli red and looks absolutely gorgeous, drives like a dream and has a Bose 240w audio sistem.However what lets it down are those speakers, I have two huge...
Best Laptop/Notebook for £1,500What would be the best laptop/notebook at this price-point?Must be rugged and reliable with DVD RW and good graphics for CAD drawings and digital photos .I currently have Dell Latitude 600 and IBM R51 Thinkpad on...
May I draw your attention to a post that contains (in my opinion) a somewhat tasteless enclosure - the post in entitled 'Cats are a pest at best' - it is also my understanding that the enclosure was banned in this country by the advertising standards ...
The Planetary Society (and SETI) have downplayed the significance of this signal.Spoilsports!
As we are told by the tabloid press, all of the top athletes are on drugs and those that don't get caught are simply the ones with the best chemists. Why not, therefore, simply allow the athletes to take whatever they like and see how fast they can...
Tonight I nearly pissed my pants laughing to Armando Iannucci on the radio (the 99p show) I have enjoyed everything he has been associated with (more or less). The absurdist wordplay tickles me, like 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie' used to. More thoughts...? DS OTT - Will & Grace *** All the views expressed within this e-mail are the sole responsibility of DS, and as such are subject to charging ***
This morning I saw 2 things that made me chuckle whilst walking to work and it made me think what other funny things do people see.1. Ladies in stiletto heals trying to walk on cobble stones2. Fat blokes riding racer bikes whilst decked out in skin...
Move over G5 -- Orion Multisystems has just released a 12-(yes 12!) way pizza box sized workstation for $10K capable of 18 Gflops. It uses the AMD 64-bit Opteron chips that are supposed to scale very well. This thing has some serious computing power....
Well after months of deliberation and non care I got me one of these. Trouble is my graphics card has in essence got out and told me to piss off, so more outlay.Still its only a bit of funLet me tell you I am totally blown away by the screen, utterly ...
At long last the entire household has decided to attempt to regain our svelte like figures. As First Born will be unable to deal with a normal bike an exercise bike is the answer!!Any recommendations - and it needs to be reasonably priced (under ...
For those in the know.Is it possible to use the Ipod as a storage device for digital photo's from my Nikon D2h ?Rob.
How about a thread to get answers for the things that have always bothered you...........Why have daddy long legs evolved to have such long legs?This has been bothering me and the guys I work with (engineers) for some time.thanks,Nick
This creature kept visiting our camp at the most awkward times. Thank Canon for IS lenses. Tony [This message was edited by Tony Lockhart on Tue 31 August 2004 at 17:34.] [This message was edited by Tony Lockhart on Tue 31 August 2004 at 17:59.] [This message was edited by Tony Lockhart on Tue 31 August 2004 at 18:03.]
I have a Canon digital ixus, and I mainly plan to store photos on my hard drive (single cable plugs into camera and computer usb, and the pictures fly across).If I wanted to get prints of some of them, I thought it would be convenient to transfer them...
Since stopping smoking (5 months now) I get bad pins and needles in my hands, so much so it sometimes keeps me awake at night. I used to get it in my feet too, but seems to have passed. I know I've been doing some pretty hefty work in my graden, But...
You can see where the political money comes from and how much, whether in your neighborhood, 527's, Aunt Bee, corporations, etc, etc. Very interesting:http://www.opensecrets.org/
I've been using GMail loader to dump the thousands of work messages I need to retain when I move jobs into GMail. I understand Eudora and Thunderbird can bounce emails straight there, but I am tied to Outlook for the PDA stuff. Can Outlook be made to...
Being a fairly keen gardener - does anyone know of any good gardening forums?