July 12, 2012
June 8, 2012
New Drive
A Seagate 1TB external drive I was using for Time Machine clattered and clanked and died just outside its two-year warranty the other week. Rather than directly replace it I thought I’d get a bigger drive, move everything from my reliable Buffalo 1TB external drive to the new drive and repurpose the Buffalo drive as a Time Machine Drive.
I believe these are discontinued and the remaining stock is on sale while available.
Special Mac edition in aluminium case pre-formatted in hfs+ ready to use.
Power supply and cables.
It looks nice, runs cool and is very quiet.
And its warranty runs until 6/6/2015.
Another Dead HomePlug
Just stopped working. Opened it up for a look. Ordered replacement 85Mbps unit. The 1000Mbps now cost the same so next time I might replace all four with newer ones.
June 3, 2012
Less than a day
Less than a day until the final episode of season two of Game of Thrones airs on Sky Atlantic here in the UK. Up until now I have watched the previous episode again before each new one, but since episode nine, Blackwater, skipped most of the plot lines that will be visited in the finale it seems more appropriate to watch episode eight again.
May 26, 2012
New Switch
So I wanted to connect my SKY HD box to the internet to receive the SKY Anytime+ service. I already had a Homeplug behind the home theatre setup providing a connection for the NAS.
So I got this.
Eco-friendly cardboard packaging.
Very small.
All wired up and running.
The wiring behind the TV is a little much.
Two HDMI cables, three ethernet cables, 6 pairs of speaker cables for the 5.1 surround sound, a phone cable, two coaxial cables to the dish, a TOS optical audio link, a stereo feed from the HTIB to the wireless headphone base, three mains power leads and three DC power supply leads. Probably something I forgot.
May 25, 2012
A Dance With Dragons (Speculation) SPOILERS
I made a good guess in this old post (warning SPOILERS). Except
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble
I went to see this last week (not in 3D) and enjoyed it quite a bit. Not as much as some of the reviewers did, but I found it an enjoyable well-made entertainment. Which makes it a lot better than most of the blockbusters in recent years.
April 12, 2012
The Hunger Games
Seemed a bit rushed despite the length. I quite enjoyed it as a non-reader of the books although several scenes seemed like they might have been more significant in the book that the film managed to make them feel.
April 10, 2012
Game of Thrones Renewed
It’s official – HBO has ordered a third season of Game of Thrones. Season two has been excellent so far.