http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog Just messin... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:08:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Watch this space, and DYOR... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2008/07/21/bristol-cameras/ Myth TV looked quite tempting, even thought it seemed impossible to reliably check if a particular DVB device works - so I took the plunge and invested £30. Packaging and versions seem to vary from week to week and by country. My device is WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick model 1185 SL-1185-V2.0-UK Much faffing about and ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2008/04/24/linux-tv/ Cambridge Road Pricing Pressure Group All of the major out of town sites have been included, the Science parks and Tesco's. It seems that residents will be charged for leaving Cambridge, even if there is no congestion associated with their journey. My guess is that the planners have some built-in ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/07/16/cambridgeroadpricing/ Spice claims that it's great value for money. Here are a few comparisons for as close as I could find for a few events, all 'twin share' accommodation. Clearly the cheapest walking option would be through a group like the rambler's association. The people on SpeedBreaks weekends have tended to ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/06/18/spiceuk/ 02082961015 - Maybe a mobile 'upgrade' offer Rudges Dear me - innept or what? They claim to be a B2B/B2C marketing company, send out spam emails posing as an agent for a company with a genuine web presence, and can't even be bothered to set up a proper online store thing. I ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/05/15/people-whove-spammed-me/ A bit of a placeholder... I went sailing with sailingholidays.com in 2006, for the first week of their season. Will be going again this year so here's a post for people to attach their comments and links to photos to. My photos from last year are here. http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/05/02/sailingholidays/ Having lost the instructions for my zanussi ZBS 703 oven, it's taken me a while to work out how to set the clock on this model. If I write it here, I might be able to find it later :) Update 29/12/07: Now I have the instructions, here is a precis. ZBS ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/02/11/setting-the-clock-on-a-zanissi-oven/ One of the casualties from my recent trip to France was the plastic tamper which came bundled with my espresso machine, so it was off the eBay.co.uk for a replacement. I found a nice solid aluminium version and duly ordered it from www.wogancoffee.co.uk. It didn't turn up, I just got ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/01/27/wogan_coffee/ I recently invested in a reasonably up-to-date mobile, the SE P990. It seemed to be a good choice, given that I feel no need to be buying any more microsoft software than I need to. According to Lisa@CPS, it's unlikely that apps like MagicProfiles will be possible on UIQ3, because of ... http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2007/01/27/p990_profiles/ http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2006/12/05/fancy-chocolates-for-xmas/