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Grrr!!!
October 21, 2007

I'm still soldiering on with the sporadically blinking monitor - I've noticed it does it even if the computer isn't switched on now, so I assume it is the monitor at fault and not the graphics card. So it must be time to buy a new one. If only the computer hanging, whenever I play any music on it, was as easy. All forums I've looked at suggest a dodgy bit of memory but a blue screen pointed to a conflict of IRQs. The Ethernet and Sound cards appear to both be using 20. What's prompted this to suddenly happen after 2 years is a mystery I've yet to get to the bottom of. Changing IRQs in XP involves changing from ACPI to Standard PC fraught with potential cock-ups. I suppose I'm just going to have to chance it!

This along with the video card has gone in the Homechoice/Tiscali box [being replaced tomorrow], the kettle decided to melt it's plug last night, one of the hot plates on the cooker is on the blink and both bulbs in the hall have gone... and nobody in Tulse Hill seems to sell screw fit bulbs. Oh yeah... and the latest version of iTunes [7.4.3.1] insists on launching itself whenever I close it!. Whinge over. That's better.

Right I'm off to Google some facts from a dream I had last night [fast fading] that may have been my brain making something up or me recalling a long forgotten novel/film plot! It was weird anyway! Talking of Google. Anybody know how to link directly to Places within My Maps? I was hoping to link blog posts back to locations on My maps but maybe I'm asking too much and can only link to the map itself.

Listening to the Elektrons Red Lights Don't Stop album, which isn't what I expected at all. First 4 tracks remind me of Neneh Cherry!?! On track 8 of 12 now and I've only really liked one track, Maximal. Too many R&B influences for my liking. Think I'll try The Field instead. Been meaning to listen to From Here We Go Sublime for ages. A bit of ambient, minimal, techno for a Sunday morning.

Categories: Music and a whinge

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