The perfect companion for the new TV; a new DVB-T receiver. This one is equipped with a hard drive. Its a revolution for our viewing habits. No more rushing through the evening meal so that the girls won’t miss the beginning of Bolibompa. Now we can press the pause button at 17:59:50 and then play […]
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Information, at last!
Yesterday morning we (me and my fellow emplyees at OMX) were finally called to a meeting where the great mystery was revealed. No, nothing supernatural or otherworldy, or even remotely related to extra-terrestrial activity, just something as simple as finally telling us who our new partner is. My part of the company, Banks&Brokers development will […]
Car battery dead
Sometime in the last week Ylva found that our Volvo didn’t start. In fact, it was totally dead. Even the dashboard clock was blank. Today we tried to start it by pushing the car bakwards from the garage and down the slope. No lifesign at all to my big surprise. (Note how irony fails when […]
New TV
Old TV died completely, so last thursday we bought a new, Samsung PS-42v6 plasma. Unfortunately, we’re not completely happy with it. According to this, signal quality might make a difference. So, if I had a DVD with progressive component output I might get excellent picture quality, when watching DVDs, and everything else would still suck… […]
TV acting strange
Our aging TV has started to behave strangely. Yesterday, when powering it on, the screen stayed blank while the power-LED started blinking; emitting an SOS, sort of. I immediately powered it off and started searching for a replacement. It seems that a 42″ Samsung plasma can be had for SEK 13990 (+599 p&p) on the […]