Monthly Archives: February 2008

That number isn’t going down!

Assuming you are reading this on the website and not in a feed reader (although you are more than welcome to do so) and glancing over to the right sidebar of this sites somewhat lacklustre layout will present you with … Continue reading

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ROVF – Satellite Shoot Out, Slo Mo, Super Mario and Stewart (Patrick)

Well I may as well admit that the ROVT is now more like ROVF on a regular basis. This week (cos I’m in a hurry) you get four good ones: Satellite gets shot down… you heard about this right? The … Continue reading

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Moved # 2

Right, the move should now be complete around the world, the SSL site is back (sorry for the annoyance if you’re using a browser that won’t permanently trust the cert – it’s temporary as I will be buying a genuine … Continue reading

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RIP HD DVD

I’m not a big one for format wars – they generally only hurt the consumer and divide families. The Blu-ray HD-DVD war has been fought for a while and has finally been one by the backer with the most games … Continue reading

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Moved

Well XSet has now moved to its new home … a small but perfectly formed webserver running in the hallway in the flat. So far as I can tell it seems pretty happy with the move. The SSL needs to … Continue reading

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Just what the world needed

There seems to be something wrong with Hollywood at the moment. Between, Sly churning out remakes of his golden age classics and a serious lack of “ooh! must see” stuff on the horizon (with one notable exception – Indy4*) it … Continue reading

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Blackberry Tips for Power Bilberry users

A small collection of over 100 tips, software and general goodness for Blackberries through Pearl, Curve and … the others. Should keep you on top of you mobile mail curse for years to come.

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Back online!

Finally, the web is now running once more into our simple home. We have this situation in Jersey whereby the best deals are normally provided by a company called Newtel but the infrastructure is all owned by Jersey Telecoms. This … Continue reading

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Almost back online

For the past 2 weeks we have been without any kind of internet at the flat. This being despite having 4 laptops, 1 media server and a couple of different mobile phones – it turns out not one of the … Continue reading

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ROVT – The ABC / Late Edition

Of course it’s not actually on time but there is good reason for this (see the next post). It’s also a bit crap but there’s a good reason for that too. Aircraft – Specifically, low flying RC jet aircraft. Be … Continue reading

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