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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Treo 650 is mine
I’m now the proud owner of a new Treo 650. The recent election over here distracted the eBay punters so despite being a new Treo, it went for under $220. In the days before and after some used Treos went … Continue reading
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Back at Dreamworld
We went back to Dreamworld today. My dad was off watching a bike race in the morning so I went on a bunch of rides with the kids. I took Emily on the chain swings, the bumper cars and on … Continue reading
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Restoring Windows
My previous backups of Windows were all done with dd. The problem with this is that you need to restore to a partition of exactly the right size. Since my hard disk is a different size, both Disk Utility and … Continue reading
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Isaac turns 2
Isaac has turned 2 and we celebrated by taking him to Dreamworld. We took my parents so that Bree would have someone to help watch the kids and I could go on the rides. There have been 3 new rides … Continue reading
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Eve's got a new hard disk
My hard disk arrived today. The longest part was copying the instructional video to my DV camcorder (I was originally going to use Bree’s laptop to watch the video on but the disk didn’t arrive on Friday like I’d hoped … Continue reading
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A store that gets it?
Wow. I needed to purchase a Torx T-6 to install my new hard disk (which hasn’t arrived yet). I thought my hard disk was going to arrive on Friday so I didn’t want to wait for delivery from an online … Continue reading
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Dangerous bug in eBay's new Bid Assisant
eBay has a great new feature, bid assistant. You find a bunch of similar items you want, tell it how much you’re prepared to pay for each one and it bids for you until you win one or they all … Continue reading
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Replacing my Greenphone
So I’ve had a Greenphone for what seems like ages now and while it’s nice, it’s got problems that are starting to really piss me off. 1) Battery life is crap. I can’t trust it to last 2 days anymore. … Continue reading
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Eve's hard disk dies
The bad sectors have caught up with me again. My disk, once dying then apparently ok has developed bad sectors again. I’ve lost half a dozen files from my home directory. I’m not even going to try rescuing my system … Continue reading
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