Category Archives: Advice

Sat Sit Sitting

I think I need to make an apology to you English. I’ve over corrected some of you with your language where I shouldn’t have. “I was sat there, yeah?” used to annoy me as i thought it wasn’t correct. However … Continue reading

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London, unprepared for anything

London has been around for quite a while now. And yet every winter the metro transport system is heavily affected.

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Fizzy Chicken

I’ve found a sneaky recipe for cooking chicken (and other meats except seafood) which keeps in the moisture, but allows the meat to cook without becoming dry and tasteless.

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Stupid Flash MysteryMeat

I work in the web industry for a reason. Because I can’t stand stupid websites which confuse the crap out of crapheap. Especially when they’re Flash websites which load and load and load without any sort of cancel function. “Sound … Continue reading

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SSH Tunnel to watch Hulu etc

If you are living outside of the US and want to watch those TV shows offered to the Americans, you can. There are a couple of ways to do this, using a proxy via SSH is a great way to … Continue reading

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ATI 5770 for the MacPro

Around August this year, my Mac had started doing silly things. At first I thought it was software, and didn’t really want to reinstall everything, so left it – hoping it would go away (just like like a unsightly rash).

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Online bittorrent service hides your warez

New service put.io is a commercial service which has allows you to download torrents using their servers, store the files and then later download them to your computer, or stream them to your iPhone, without a trace. Obviously you must … Continue reading

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Amazon’s wish list

Amazon. Love them or hate them, they have a great system. Browse, add to cart/wish list, buy, deliver. I’ve only had slight problems with amazon and that was when Royal Mail was on strike.

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Why PCs turn me away

Because they’re laden with so many features you will never use. Just look at this motherboard for a PC. It has: 1 x 7.1 Audio I/O [perhaps, but i prefer my external soundcard] 1 x D-Sub [no] 1 x Line … Continue reading

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SanDisk Cruzer u3 removal software

Stupid SanDisk make it so difficult to remove their on board software which comes preloaded on the Cruzer range. I bought a 16gb Cruzer and have had big issues trying to format the disk in NTFS/FAT32. Each time Windows would … Continue reading

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