Author Archives: marksy

Mount OS X share on Windows 7

Posted on January 28, 2012 by marksy

Windows in general is a pain in the bum. I’ve had to install it on my media PC for the TV as Netflix only support PC/Mac – not Linux. However when configuring Windows I found I couldn’t access my Mac. … Continue reading →

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Burt Wonderstone

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marksy

Burt Wonderstone is an upcoming film featuring Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi and Steve Carell about the two longtime stage partners breakup and the arrival of a new “hip” street magician. Sneak peaks look fantastic. via imdb

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Netflix for UK

Posted on January 10, 2012 by marksy

Out of nowhere, Netflix just landed in the UK, rivalling longtime assholes Lovefilm. I’ve just signed up for their 30 day trial, and at £6/month for all you want TV/Movies (from their not-so-amazing but okaaaay library) it beats Lovefilm’s shitty … Continue reading →

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Thailand, AU & NZ

Posted on January 4, 2012 by marksy

Just shelled out a lot clams for my trip with Rouzie to Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. It’s cool though. Will be well worth it. Haven’t been back home in ages, and plus i’ve a good friend getting married in … Continue reading →

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2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by marksy

It’s been a while since the last post. Many things have changed too. it’s now a new year I moved into a new flat I now own crystal (thanks parents) built a hdmpc from scratch for under £170

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Korn + Dubstep

Posted on December 20, 2011 by marksy

Korn released a new album a couple weeks ago, not their greatest work. However, as an instrumental it sounds pretty good. They released all of their new tracks as ‘stems’ or multitrack. I downloaded them and cut out the vocals. … Continue reading →

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New flat, no internet

Posted on December 20, 2011 by marksy

At the end of October I moved from Tulse Hill into East Dulwich. Living with other people has had it’s time, living in Tulse Hill (Knifers Paradise) was way too much stress for a little kiwi. So i’ve moved to … Continue reading →

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OS X notifications

Posted on October 4, 2011 by marksy

On the cusp of the iOS release, due today or any day now, iOS notifications is a great visual notification system on iPhone/iPad. However, OS X doesn’t have a native notification system. Growl is the closest thing we have as … Continue reading →

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Amazon to buy webOS?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by marksy

Remember that fantastic day when HP announced it was scrapping their newly developed tablet, and selling them off for a mere £80? Well when that happened I thought, Amazon should buy the OS and run it as an iOS & … Continue reading →

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Mac Bluray Ripper Pro (for Mac)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by marksy

I paid about £20 for this great software about a year ago to backup my Bluray discs to HDD so I can watch them anytime without having to take them out of their jackets and fast forward the ads.

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