Update: I thought the flickering problem was fixed, but there is a caveat. Under VLC and Xine the video flickers, but under SMPlayer, using X11 output the flicker is gone. Plus, the X11 output is the same quality as the XVideo or OpenGL output of other players.After upgrading to Ubuntu Hardy Xine crashed with two nasty [...]

With the final term of University comes the big push, exams are nigh! I hate exams, as I feel they are not a good indicator of ability; instead they reward memory skills more than actual ability or comprehension. Anyway, I have 3 exams in the space of 5 days in the middle of May, then [...]

Over the weekend my internet went down, which really isn’t much fun; however, it does help you get revision done! Really starting to crank up on my revision, so the site will get a bit of neglect. I did say I wont be posting every day any more, so I hope you got that. I am [...]

I just happened to flick over to ‘Working Lunch’ — no I didn’t watch the entire programme — and this guy came up with some strange waste figures from the Government. Supposibly, in the UK we throw away a third of the apples we buy (as in uneaten apples!) In addition to this, we threw [...]

As ASUS are making a move to sell the Eee Pc with XP, I thought I’d post something to show that there’s nothing wrong with Linux — even for Windows novices. I, and many others, feel that ASUS simply chose the wrong distribution of Linux to ship with the Eee Pc. Xandros may be very [...]

With around 3GB of the 4GB of space on the standard Eee, you’ll either be needing to buy some extra storage in the shape of an SDHC card or free up some space on the hard drive. Now there are a few tricks to free up space on your Eee’s hard drive — I must [...]

Geez, now that was some challenge. I even managed to write up 36 articles in a 31 day month, that’s more than I originally planned. This was a difficult task, but it has helped the site grow. If I had just kept to a ‘one or twice every week’ strategy the site would have just [...]

My crummy ISP decided they’d give me 3 days of downtime, so sorry for the lapse. Shame, as I had a nice little run of posts going…

Just when you thought ASUS were under pressure for the ultraportable market, along come three more challengers to the Eee’s throne. Both Acer, MSI, and ECS are planning on joining ASUS and Everex in the booming affordable ultraportable market. The good news is all three companies are looking to amend the main issue with the [...]

I couldn’t believe I got this working, but you can run Crysis on the Eee. For those of you running Windows XP or Vista on your Eee, this is a real treat. I don’t think you will have any luck running Crysis under Wine or VirtualBox as the Eee barely copes with the game in [...]