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When the screen on my PC died horribly (see recent post) I looked up what to replace it with and came up with the Benq G2220HD: 22" 1920×1024 that doesn't do HDMI (but then neither does anything here), doesn't have … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Mint, being based on Ubuntu, has a remote desktop program that lets you view and control one PC from another. But unless told otherwise, it asks for permission for this on the 'viewed' PC's screen. Clearly, at the moment that's … Continue reading
Yes, the monitor (a 15" lcd from Sharp) died last night. The backlight still works, unlike a friend's laptop, but there's nothing on the screen: no picture, no info text, no menu. Poo. And unless I can turn it off, … Continue reading
Phil Woolas' lies lose election court case. He was the president of NUS in my time as a student and I'm pretty sure his election manifesto included a promise never to be an MP. (At the time, being chair of … Continue reading
OK, inserting song titles into evidence at an inquest for a bet is dubious behaviour. But some of the alleged examples are somewhat thin ('self preservation' isn't obviously any reference to the Italian Job theme, for example, especially in context) … Continue reading