Monthly Archives: October 2008

Something else nice from Glasses Direct – a Discount!!!

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Simon

Following my post yesterday about the fantastic Glasses Direct I’ve been contacted by them with a note of thanks, and they’ve given me a discount code that you can use for the rest of this month to get 5% off … Continue reading →

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The Digital Lifestyle

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Simon

Just thought you’d like to know that I’ve just posted my first blog entry to my blog on The Digital Lifestyle. I’ve also just put up a review of TunerFree MCE. I’m now going to move most of my Media … Continue reading →

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The best way to buy glasses

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Simon

Sometimes a website gives you such great service that you just want to write something about them.  Glasses Direct has done that for me! In case you don’t know, which you probably don’t if you don’t wear them, glasses can … Continue reading →

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Developing in MCML

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Simon

I’m about to start trying to write a little addin for Windows Media Center to let me make better use of the Y-CAM.  I’ve applications, like MCENetCam, but they just aren’t doing it for me. What I want to have … Continue reading →

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The snag list

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Simon

Ok, it is time to admit it.  All is not well in the geeky home.  There are little niggles, everythings working but it’s not slick and it’s not well integrated enough.  It’s time to start finding some solutions.  Here are … Continue reading →

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Y-CAM

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Simon

For a while now I’ve been looking at some home monitoring systems and how I can best integrate them into my digital experience.  Previously I’ve used Yawcam with some pretty great results but currently I’m trying to reduce my carbon … Continue reading →

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Something’s been buggin me for a while

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Simon

Proactive. Some people really don’t get it, so here I’m going to define what it means to be proactive. This is from the single source of all truth that is Wikipedia: to act before a situation becomes a source of … Continue reading →

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