Away to work day

Here's Jack one of my sons on work placement with me today. Does he look like he is working hard?

So many headphones

I've been travelling more on public transport recently, and couldn't believe all the people listening to music on their phones/mp3 players (still can't bring myself to say ip*d/iph*ne). Well, it turns out they don't all listen to music! I just discovered the Librivox app for free audiobooks.....AMAZING! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bookdesign.librivox Thats the link for android, app store people find it yourself.....only cos I can' find the link on PC Fantastic for older classics, highly recommend The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. The really wacky thing is the way they are read with no intonation or feeling, sometimes as in the suggestion it adds to it, but sometimes it does ruin it. Try it, its free!

Return of the media centre?

Well, I've had a busy week loading and supplying a couple of refurbished machines using Core 2 Duo CPUs, and I was reminded just how fast the old E8500 was. It really is great if you can still find decent boards for it. So browsing around trying to use one in a really good quiet PC, I found the Media Centre cases below. I discovered the new genre they call HTPC (home theatre PCs) and started to appreciate what they can actually do nowadays(yes even the computer industry is showing its age. I understand that Sky+ and BTVision and Virgin can do great things, but they dont have the power and versatility of a fully loaded media centre (sorry HTPC). Streaming music, Videos, on demand stuff, all the normal PC stuff, as well as anything those boxes can do. Last time I tried a media centre it was just not powerful enough, but now......WOW!!! think what it can do. When I saw these cases below, I just want to make one now! Just picture them below your tele, and then give me a call for a quote.

Evil me

Just got new mobile and am posting from it now. Thought this picture from front facing camera came out well!

Its a Sony Xperia t, seems great, all the features at a much lower cost than iPhone or s4.

Ebay again

I've started delving into the exciting world of selling on Ebay again. I'm trying to streamline my operation and get rid of all those things I don't sell at the computer fairs anymore. If you need anything from the smallest screw to complete cases just call, I'll have it tucked away somewhere. Here's a few things listed now: Oh by the way seller name is supergeek_uk if you wanna look.

Supergeek goes GREEN!

Well we've joined the modern trend, and gone green........well I ride a bike, I've got LED lighting, I recycle all my old computers............and I've now got a green website: www.supergeek.co.uk