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Tech Support Cheat Sheet

How tech support really works!

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I have unsaved changes

Yet another of the wonderful Noise to Signal cartoons.

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Westport: low, wide and covered

Last week I flew into Westport on board a Beech 1900D. It’s a little 19-seater, narrow, with one seat on each side of the aisle. One of the nice things about it was that we didn’t need to do all the security checks before boarding. It was a pleasant flight, taking about 45 minutes. For [...]

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2005 longer than usual

Seems we’ll all be getting a slightly longer than usual holiday this year: Officials announce a leap second will be added at the end of December. The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service in Paris keeps track of time by measuring the Earth’s rotation, which varies, and by an atomic clock, which is unwavering. [...]

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Our new Sony RDR-HX910

Last weekend I bought a new Sony RDRHX910 DVD/HD recorder. I’d been holding out for a few months since another one came into the house and was connected to a small LCD screen in the kitchen, where my partner often watches TV programmes I can’t stand. [Quick note for any non-Kiwi readers: we don't have [...]

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Ahhh, TradeMe

We’ve been upgrading some of the entertainment technology in our house, which freed up a TV, a VCR and a DVD player, so they were all listed on TradeMe this week and sold quickly. The house is now a little tidier and I have a few extra dollars to put towards the new Sony RDRHX910 [...]

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