Netgear Aerial extension (Dec/2007)
We bought a Netgear aerial extension on Ebay because upstairs doesn’t get a reliable signal. But… It looks ridiculous: Original Aerial Custom Aerial I measured the wireless signal strength on our two Squeezebox’s, one is in the room next to the router, the other is upstairs: Original Aerial Custom Aerial Downstairs signal strength: 81%-83% […]
Moved ISPs to bethere.co.uk (Dec/2007)
We Changed ISPs from “Freedom2surf” to “Be” because it is a faster and cheaper connection. The connection details that Be supply are minimal to say the least. This is because they expect you to use their pre-configured “BeBox” that they send you for free. We didn’t like the way the BeBox looked and we didn’t […]
The “In Rainbows” Radiohead experiment
The 7th Radiohead album, “In Rainbows”, is freely downloadable from their website till today only. After today it will only be available as a CD – Or, of course, from file sharing sites. Since it is a free download (they let you chose how much you want to pay – including £0) I had a […]
Xbox software update – Stream video from Linux (Dec/2007)
Microsoft released a software update that expands the number of video formats that the XBox will play. This is quite exciting for me because I usually have to watch anything I download on my unimpressive 15″ computer monitor but now I can stick it on a USB key and watch it on my TV from […]
