Nice clear blue skies with barely any clouds. That's what greeted me this morning when I stepped outside the back door of my house for a coffee before heading into the office. Gorgeous start to the day and such a contrast with yesterday's rather damp and overcast weather! … [Read more...] about Clear Skies to Start the day
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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
A Semi-Productive Weekend
With Jason's assistance I finally got the frontpage of DVDs.ie to look a little bit more palatable. I'm still trying to sort out a new backend and am considering upgrading the server hardware as well. The main complaint I've had from people is that the pricing is in Sterling only, which is understandable. Useless fact of the day - shredders overheat easily. I've been trying to … [Read more...] about A Semi-Productive Weekend
Sunday Morning Fiddling
For some odd reason I woke up quite early this morning, so I've been working my way down my todo list.I posted a short review of Across the Universe over on filmreviews.ie - if anyone is interested in writing film reviews let me know - the more the merrier!I've run into some "interesting" issues with Vbulletin 3's beta release. It doesn't seem to want to play nice with VBSeo, … [Read more...] about Sunday Morning Fiddling
Sky Expands HD Offering
Sky are expanding the number of HD (high definition) channels on offer and will be adding Sky Movies Premiere and FX to the lineup.It's still not a good reason to make the move as you end up seriously out of pocket:Sky HD box is yours. It costs EUR299, but if it breaks you have to pay for fixing it / replacing itInstall fee of EUR45 regardless of whether you're an existing Sky … [Read more...] about Sky Expands HD Offering