In Soviet Russia, Domain Registers You...

I’ve been wanting one of these bad boys for a while, but I finally got around to it yesterday; registering a .su domain. Of course you’re thinking, what is .su? It’s the CC-TLD assigned to the Soviet Union on September 19th, 1990, shortly before its collapse a year later. Despite the...

Problem; High CPU Usage, Solution; Elect...

Indeed, wtf. The CPU usage on my laptop had been running high. I’d been wondering what it could be, it didn’t seem to be a specific application, as all apps seemed to spike CPU load, and their individual CPU usage too high. Internet explorer was using 49% CPU doing menial tasks (cue internet...

on a completely unrelated note…...

Because I just know that people were concened about this, I thought I’d just issue an update. I have in fact replaced the front lens-cap for my EF 17-40mm f/4L USM. gotcha! I sadly lost the front lens cap at Bristol cricket grounds while having fun getting sunburnt, being english, drinking pints,...

Happy again!...

In a borderline bipolar set of up/down/up events, I’m happy again. The X1i is being replaced on insurance (<3), and I should probably have a new one some time next week. All’s well that ends well? Maybe. And I managed to sort out the pathing issue, so now G2 is integrated into WP, allowing...

And now I’m sad :(...

My beautiful Sony Ericsson X1i was nicked in Tescos. I delivered a remote device wipe over Exchange, had O2 bar the SIM and block the handset’s IMEI, took the details to the police and let them deal with it. Hopefully I’ll be able to claim on insurance. Was stolen under full CCTV which helps...