I rebuilt the web server last night and seem to have incurred some pretty hairy overhead as a result. I’m not entirely sure why this site is now running slower than molasses on a cold day but it will have to wait until this evening for me to look at fixing it.
Of course this whole [...]
Archive > March 2008
Well that’s pretty darn slow
Planning Paris
One of the bigger tactical problems that arise from my otherwise amazing relationship with the GGF is planning holidays.
This is primarily problematic due to the fact that I have previously been awful at planning or booking any kind of holiday in advance and that she works in an entertainment based industry so the times [...]
More New PC Considerations
Looks like I may have settled on a graphics card
The Sapphire Technology Radeon X1950Pro looks like my best bet. Also - anyone ever used an Ageia Physx card? Are they worth the Doh Ray Me? I know the UT3 requires one to look half decent so that may be enough of a reason [...]
Desktop PC - Rob’s Newest Project
I’ve got a new computer!!! And it’s a bit of a fixer upper. I picked up the base unit off a guy in the Island for £250. It’s an older box - with an AMD Socket 939 Mobo but some very nice features for that. First off it supports hardware RAID 0 via the rather [...]
Life Update - and why that number isn’t going down
It seems that just when I get myself back up to speed with this blogging lark something comes along and takes the wind from my sails as effectively as a salvo of Chain Shot*
Without going into too much detail (there are some things that simply don’t belong on a blog) the GGF has recently suffered [...]

