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Amazon’s Blu Ray Listings Are Broken!
Since my blu ray player is a US import I have to be very very careful about which discs I buy.I either choose US region or multi-region discs, since there is no easy way to make a blu ray player recognise all discs (yet!)Unfortunately Amazon haven't updated their website to take into account the Blu Ray regions.Any film released on blu ray will end up with a DVD region listed … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Blu Ray Listings Are Broken!
Dublin Airport – Is There Any Hope For It?
Dublin airport seems to be going from bad to worse.First off they had serious issues with their radar which led to flight cancellations and general chaos.Now they're having power outages!Cork airport suffers from fog quite often, while Shannon doesn't have as many international destinations as the other two, so where does that leave us? … [Read more...] about Dublin Airport – Is There Any Hope For It?
Stargate Atlantis
Image via WikipediaI don't like watching single episodes of TV shows, which is one of the reasons why a Sky+ box makes sense for me. The other problem I have is that I forget which evening or time a programme is showing!During the week the Stargate Atlantis Season 4 boxset arrived from Amazon, so I spent most of yesterday watching it. Funnily enough Season 5 has started airing … [Read more...] about Stargate Atlantis
Check Which Version of Ubuntu You’re Running
If you want to check which version of Ubuntu is installed on a machine run the following command: lsb_release -a On Debian the command is: cat /etc/debian_version The redhat equivalent, which would work on redhat derivatives as well, is: cat /etc/redhat-release … [Read more...] about Check Which Version of Ubuntu You’re Running