Searching for shiny things...Searching for shiny things... - LiveJournal.comHigh Definition- March 20, 2005 This page gives a good demonstration on how much better things look using HD equipment.http://realradix.livejournal.com/94990.html Two very cool add-ins- March 15, 2005 Lookout - lightning-fast search for MS Outlook. The standard search is soooo slow. MS have bought the company so no doubt this will be standard functionality in the next Office release.ForecastFox nice, unobtrusive weather forecast plug-in for Firefox.Both free.http://realradix.livejournal.com/94769.html Double click TiVo remote- March 10, 2005 Ok, this will only interest TiVo owners, but my remote developed an annoying 'double click' feature which made selecting menu options a pain.Apparently it's a common fault, so I upgraded the remote to a US series 2 black model. See eBay for sellers.The TiVo software suggested some useless keycodes to get my TV and AV working; this page has PDFs of up-to-date codes which worked a treat.http://realradix.livejournal.com/94546.html PSP and DS- March 9, 2005 Okay I've been pretty quiet about the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS for a while, but with the imminent UK release of the DS I thought I'd voice my thoughts.I love the PSP and still use it virtually everyday - the games really are near PS2 quality. Not only visually and aurally but in games design and depth. And in the next few months we'll see what the perennial giants GT4 and GTA play like.Even though I have a few games I'm mostly using it for video. With freeware converters (3GPP or Rapiz) it..http://realradix.livejournal.com/94350.html Bob a job (again)- March 1, 2005 Time for a new job - I got a little bored of spending 4 hours commuting every day, so I handed my notice in at the start of the year. Been keeping quiet on here until it was announced officially at work.Shame as the job was great in all other respects, and London is a cool place to work.No plans for a new job just yet - I've got a few weeks before I leave. I'm going to take a month off to loaf :-P and then I might pick up some consulting work, or maybe a proper job.http://realradix.livejournal.com/93978.html |