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The Sims 2 resolution problems – solved !

Saturday 23rd October, 2004 95 Comments

I recently bought a copy of The Sims 2 but when I installed it, I found it was stuck at a resolution of 800×600, and I couldn’t get it to run any higher. My laptop has a native resolution of 1024×768, so it would be much better to run the game at that level. The … [Read More »]

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SETI 20k

Wednesday 20th October, 2004 Leave a Comment

Just completed 20,000 workunits on SETI – yay. Time to move a couple of machines back over to Boinc now that they seem to have fixed the worst of their hardware problems.

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Smoking versus drinking

Monday 18th October, 2004 5 Comments

There’s a bit of a discussion happening on one of the forums I frequent about smokers and the changes in laws relating to smoking in public places. A smoker made the following statement … Well I almost abandoned this thread a couple of pages ago –the shrill voice of the high moral ground was deafening! … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Travel

Brisbane again

Monday 18th October, 2004 Leave a Comment

Off to Brisbane today … teaching a class for business partners again. A relatively short trip this time.

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Lost my virginity

Sunday 10th October, 2004 3 Comments

A major event in my life – today I finally lost my virginity … my eBay virginity !! Yes, after all these years, I have finally bought something through eBay. I’ve been looking for a print server attachment for my laser printer to network enable it … but this part retails for over $500 – … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Online

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