Monthly Archives: December 2007

Stupid DVD drive, semi-stupid SpamKarma2

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

The DVD drive in my Powerbook has been a pain in the ass. It frequently refuses to eject a disk in the drive completely, sometimes showing me just a sliver of the disk which if I’m sufficiently alert I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Rant | 4 Comments

Another sleepless night, another wasted day

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Way too much medical information after the cut.

Posted in Rant | 3 Comments

Upstairs TiVo upgraded without a hitch

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Ok, a few weeks ago I bought a 320Gb drive to upgrade my upstairs TiVo, and discovered that although I had rejected a couple of earlier bargain drives because of it, this time I’d forgotten to check it was SATA … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Revelation | 1 Comment

Today’s physics discovery

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

“Friction makes me hot!”

Posted in Geekery, Revelation | 1 Comment

The stupid, it burns

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Last night, I heard somebody say possibly the stupidest sentence ever uttered in the English language. Now, I could tell you that it started with “Bill O’Reilly hit the nail on the head last night”, and most of you would … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Rant | 10 Comments