Projector
I borrowed the LCD projector from work for the weekend... not for myself, but I decided to set it up in the living room to see how it looked:
^ It's nice and bright as you can see, especially in the dark (duh!)
^ Me reaching out for the large screen goodness...
I tried the Animatrix on it via my laptop and it looked very nice. It's a pity I had to return it, but it's got me thinking about a home cinema setup.
Posted: Monday 27th February 2006, 18:53pm
Categories: Computers and Technology
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Little Britain
Feast your eyes on the above... 'tis a ticket to Little Britain at the Nottingham arena, for 12th May.
It's an early birthday present from my parents apparently.
Posted: Monday 27th February 2006, 18:53pm
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Image upload
You may notice that my blog is lacking images... sure there are a handful or so on these pages, but nowhere near as many as I originally hoped for.
It's down to me being too lazy to open Filezilla and ftp some across to the server, or use the coppermine install either.
But, I recently created a file upload section to slickhouse.com here. It's for slickhouse.com visitors to use for free image and file hosting.
Today I decided to use a similar php script within my blog, to enable me to upload images just as easily, but to the blog's image directory. The following picture shows the new button I integrated into the WordPress install, which allows me to simply upload an image and use the picture within my post(s).
Great.
Posted: Friday 24th February 2006, 18:53pm
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Quotage
I need some more quotes, as my brain is dead today, so I'm brain-dead.
Looking at the quote archive, it seems that film quotes are the norm.
Give me a quote and I'll put it up, as I don't think I've watched any films this week!
Posted: Thursday 23rd February 2006, 18:53pm
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Problem Solving
I've come to the conclusion that almost everything within the IT industry boils down to one discipline, or practice... Problem Solving.
Now, I'll warn you before you begin reading any more, I could go off on one with this.
All the way through school, and indeed University, problem solving cropped up many times - usually in the form of you're given an example of a problem and you need to come up with a solution to solve said problem. Our dissertations revolved around the concept of problem solving - with us using a cycle to design, develop, implement and test a solution.
In the real world, as an IT Technician, I'm having to problem solve 24/7 (well, 9 to 5 really)...
The problems usually come in the form of "this has stopped working" and "I tried to do that, but it wont let me". The most common problem being "the printer's not working".
So, my job is to come along and problem solve. The best way to do this is in a logical step-by step method, otherwise known as the process of elimination. In the case of the printer, this process begins with checking the most obvious things - as 99% of the time they're the cause of the problem. Cables, paper, ink. In that order.
Of course, if the problem falls within the 1%, then I usually get them to send their documents to another printer, giving me time to get back to what I was originally doing. It also allows me to return to the problem at a later stage, once I've thought it through. You see, that's a problem with problem solving - it can't be rushed. Whereas everyone you're problem solving for seem to be in a rush themselves.
You may now return to your everyday lives.
Posted: Thursday 23rd February 2006, 18:53pm
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