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Broadband Checker

As I live in a house that has TPON (Telephony over Passive Optical Networks) , the only way to receive broadband is via a work-around which is a copper-overlay, as the name suggests, involves laying (extra) copper along-side the existing fibre. I’ve now managed to move to Sky Broadband which is free for the 1mb service. No point in paying for a service that I can’t receive. However,...

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WordPress 2.5 image upload problem : Finally Solved

  I’ve had no problems with WordPress 2.5 until I wanted to upload some files on my mac. I had no problems installing via my PC. I didn’t realise that I had any problems until I went to make a blog post and upload an image. When I tried to upload, I was greeted with the following: So what was the solution, I did a lot of searching of the web and came accross a solution that involved...

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Argh, my iPod music isn’t loud enough !

Apple are limiting the maximum noise a  device can use by measuring how loud a very loud mp3 plays at max volume. Then, they apply a software cap on the volume slider. This is because The European Union has stepped in to protect our ears, and have set some limits to how much sound a personal music device can produce.   So your now going to ask why is this a problem ? I have an 4GB iPod nano...

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Busy Busy Busy

You might have guessed we’ve been very busy. Today we registered Catrin Birth in Stevenage and have been doing some odd jobs on the house. O’h the house is looking good and the builders have finished just leaving us the task to paint and tile the kitchen. Don’t forget to look at the new pictures of Catrin under the ford family in the gallery. Here are the latest pictures of the...

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Saracens v Munster

After a titanic battle at Vicarage Road against the Ospreys, the Saracens now face Munster in the Heineken Cup Semi-Final. I’ll be going to the game with my everything crossed hoping for 2 outcomes. Saracens beat Munster I don’t get an announcement to give me 2 choices. Go home for the Birth of your child. Stay and watch the game. I’ll be going to the game with Huw and...

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We’ve got Building Regs !!!

The builders have finally managed to get Building Regulations. But as ever we had a snag today as the radiators were plumbed into the hot water instead of the heating.  In managing the repair we’ve had a leak and luckily the carpet hadn’t been installed upstairs. We’ve got the plumber back and he’s fixing the problem…..

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