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Dual monitors in different orientations.
A follow-up to my earlier thread on using a TV as a monitor. The focus seems sufficiently different enough to justify a new thread. Following everyone's thoughts and advice, I did a bit of practical...
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BBC iPlayer
I have seen a message flash up several times today, to say only the basic BBC iPlayer will be available on my browser after July 2023. No hint as to what that means.
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Sockets on a Fused Spur.
Gentles, At present I have a spur from my ring feeding a double 13amp socket. It used to power a DECT Base Station and ADSL Router. Having had this "upgraded" to FTTC I now find I need three outlets...
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Bosch fridge drawer sliders
I recently withdrew a large vegetable drawer from a nearly new Bosch refrigerator. As I did so, part of the left hand slider fell onto the floor. SWMBO hadn't seen but nevertheless yelled at me to be...
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Anybody on SSE PAYG been moved over to OVO?
I got a text from SSE informing me I've been moved over to OVO and I don't have to do anything until they tell me I can top up again (I have a smart meter for both gas & leccy). This morning, my gas...
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Using a TV as a PC monitor
I'd be grateful for any thoughts on the pros and cons of using a TV as a PC monitor. My current monitor is a Dell 20" (diagonal) model which I use in portrait mode. This is good for whole-page...
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OT: Dymo LabelWriter 400 Turbo
It is claimed the Dymo LabelWriter 400 Turbo printer is not compatible with Windows 11 (which comes as a surprise as I thought W10 and W11 were similar). Is there a way of overcoming this (other than...
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cool
An arcade machine in The Under the Pier Show, Southwold Pier. For details about the process of making the machine visit: https://www.timhunkin.com/a106_bathyscape.htm An arcade machine in The Under...
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Bendy bananas
Now that this Government is finally getting rid of this so called EU legislation, can we have our 100% British bendy bananas back, or are these Brussels pen-pushers still going to interfere with our...
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3D Printers?
Does anyone on the group have one? If so, which one? What software do you use to ‘drive’ it? (Including designing things) I only use either Linux or MacOS - does anyone drive theirs from one of...
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QUORA: How did the Roman aqueducts not have dirty, bug-infested water in them?
QUORA: How did the Roman aqueducts not have dirty, bug-infested water in them? answered by Ciro Pabon, B.S. in Civil Engineering & Highway Engineering, Universidad La Gran Colombia (Graduated 1984)...
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Stick fast non-sticky Insulating Tape
A print mounted on a thin aluminum sheet came apart from the plastic frame it was glued to after a slight bump. (There is no glass to hold it in). It was attached by rubbish double sided Sellotape. I...
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DVB-T PCIe card
If you can get to Harrow, England and would like my Hauppauge DVB-T TV card, email me and you can collect it FOC. Regards, Alan
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New word ?
I hate this type of thing. It just grates.Apparently we now should call people with dash cameras 'cammers. Ugly ugly word WTF
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Windows 11
SWMBO's 3 year old HP laptop failed as there was a problem with the touchpad which stopped the laptop fully booting properly. HP will not supply a spare part. So I bought a new Asus laptop which came...
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