by Tom | Feb 7, 2011 | IT
Macbook Air – Install Windows 7 with Boot Camp without an External DVD Drive. Does exactly what it says on the tin. I used a 16Gb cruzer thumb drive, so relatively modern and had no problems other than having to manually switch back to Windows setup using the EFI...
by Tom | Dec 16, 2010 | IT, Personal
get_iplayer is a useful if slightly complicated set of tools that will download iPlayer programmes to your computer. Very useful to capture the Pegasus appearance on Radio 3 last Sunday (still available, but not for long).
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | IT
I have had a painful few days with my Windows 7 print spooler crashing (you can stop the spooler service but can’t restart it) after one print run on a QNAP 239 Pro II shared printer. Lots of rebooting required, which is fairly quick on the Studio XPS, but still...
by Tom | Nov 26, 2010 | IT
It was not entirely simple to get Transmission running on my QNAP TS-239 Pro II. [UPDATE: yes it was – use the QPKG version and it is a doddle. You can do some of the settings.json changes as shown below in the helpful included editor] I took most of my...
by Tom | Sep 27, 2010 | IT, Personal
I’ve found a Google Calendar importable calendar that allows me to see the Arsenal FC Match Schedule 2010 – 2011 on my mobile as well as desktop calendars. Hurrah, fewer queues on the weekend. Plenty more calendars there if you are interested.
by Tom | Aug 26, 2010 | IT
Unplugged since 07:30 and still quarter of a battery at 21:30. Reasonably heavy use, so much better than before. Modaco release 8 with Froyo and SetCPU helping to reduce battery drain through excessive processor speed.
