Nickster’s View

Just discovered Brainboost, the “answer” engine. Seemed more like Ask Jeeves until I had a go - and found I was pleasantly surprised too. My first question for the oracle had to be the obvious one.
Spending time now asking it lots of questions like Who Is X, What Is X etc. Interesting […]

I finally chipped my xbox - the DVD drive died after many years of faithful service, and so rather than sending off to Microsoft to be charged through the nose for a repair, or buy a replacement xbox (duh) I bought a £35 replacement and fitted it easily. Also tried to fit a solderless […]

Apparently this page looks horrible in IE. Good
Go GetFirefox now and come back again - so much better an idea than me trying to get this site IE friendly….
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Bill Gates is now a Knight of the British Empire. Grrreeeeeat. Nice thinking Queenie. Really sharp advisors too.
Personally I think he deserves a bounty or contract, or perhaps some kind of fatwah for crimes against interaction. A lash for every BSOD. Thumbscrews for Exchange Server. Genital clamps for […]

this can’t be the end
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“FPS my ass. There are no (well, WERE no) video cards capable of doing that in the typical office.
No my friend, thou had best be wary of the Terrible Time-wasting Triumvirate.
Doom, you say?
Half-Life?
Quake?
Nay.
Solitaire. Freecell. Minesweeper.
Hands-down the most destructive weapons ever wielded by the Hell-Spawned Demons of Computer Procrastination, these Three sit atop the Procrastination empire, […]