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- Had to walk on by @DeptOfCoffee at lunch today - they're just too damn busy (popular).
- Pretty decent google lunch today. 36 hour slow cooked pork belly. Mussels in red Thai curry. Just amazing.
- .@SamsBrasserie @balhampeople Joey was in our favourite brunch (not lunch) place today and we missed him. Middle class gutted.
- .@British_Airways turns out your booking site is badly broken in Chrome - won't let you submit passenger info (passport # etc). Works in IE.
- Really great read about why you shouldn't assume your gmail will always be there. http://t.co/zyYK7xDK
Category Archives: Windows
Fix: Wrong resolution when re-syncing HDMI from Media Centre
My setup: Windows 7, nVidia G210 HDMI, Marantz SR6004, Panasonic plasma. If the amp is put into standby and then turned back on, often the media centre will output a low resolution once everything syncs. The fix for this is … Continue reading
Posted in Media Centre, Solutions, Windows
Tagged 1080p, amp, hdmi, Media Centre, resolution, standby
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Using DirectShow Video Acceleration for mkv VC-1 / h.264
Marc has written a ferocious guide on how to take the load off your CPU when watching HD rips on Windows Media Centre. Check it: http://marcroberts.info/2009/11/dxva-and-mkv-in-windows-7/
Posted in Solutions, Windows
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ATi driver support is still boring
ATi are still falling way short of the mark after all these years. Why would anyone choose to buy their cards over nVidia? Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robbo, Windows
Tagged ATi, Drivers, Media Centre, nVidia, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008
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SQL on Windows Server 2008 – Remember to run SSMS with elevated privileges
Or just turn off UAC. If you’re getting a login failed for your Windows user – which you’re sure you put in the sysadmins role – it’s probably because UAC isn’t pasing all your group memberships to SSMS when you … Continue reading
Exposé for Vista
http://blogs.labo-dotnet.com/simon/archive/2006/11/08/11485.aspx Obviously a work in progress, but still does the job. Open source and free. Why MS didn’t just rip off exposé and include it in Vista instead of the useless Win-tab switcher, I have no idea, still, this will … Continue reading
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WSUS 3 : So far, nil point.
The release candidate for WSUS 3 was excellent. Installed fine first time, everything worked. It didn’t even try to mess with all of my IIS sites like the beta did (which killed OWA for me). A few days ago, Microsoft … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robbo, Windows
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