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On Wednesday evening I managed to spill a full glass of red wine into my Logi G15 keyboard and ruined it
I did take it apart and cleaned everything but I think the wine must have shorted something in the electronics cos lots of the keys wouldn't work. So I threw a keyboard costing more than fifty quid in the dustbin.
I have been so impressed with the Saitek Eclipse II keyboard I bought a few weeks back I went and bought another one. Ordered online from PC World for £30 and collected from store, they're priced at £40 in the shop.
Despite being something of a Logi fanboy I do like these Saitek keyboards a lot and in all the years I owned the Logi G15 I never got round to using any Macros and the little flip-up screen was a distraction and an annoyance so I never used that either.
I've said it before but if I had got another Logi keyboard it would have been the G11 which is identical to the G15 but without the screen. Trouble is I don't think they make them anymore.
I finally got meself a telly today. it's This One and I took out the five year service plan. It's a 1080p and has 100hz scanning and to my eyes looks good.
I've connected my media computer to it using a DVI to HDMI lead and it's really quite odd to see my computer on a 37" screen.
I do have one problem though, the only audio ouputs on the TV are either via Scart or a single digital socket. I'm using the TV with an ordinary two channel hi-fi setup. I connected my hi-fi to one of the scart sockets but only the analogue TV stations put sound out via Scart which meant I had to use the TV 's own speakers, which aren't as good as the sound from my hi-fi, obviously.
One way round this is for me to use the Computer TV tuner and then the sound from the computer outputs to the hi-fi.
However, I was wondering if there is such a thing as a digital to analogue converter which will take the TV's digital output and then offer analogue sound via two phono/RCA sockets, something I'll have to check out.
I've played a couple of DVD's from the computer to the TV and they look ok to me but will shortly be getting an Xbox 360 Elite (the middle one) and will use that as a DVD player. Suppose I'll have to get a remote control for the Xbox for DVD playback control.
I have finished the big job I had on apart from I have to reprogram the first amp I put in there 3.5 years ago to suit the new configuration and as that wasn't in my remit for work quoted, I have to negotiate a price with the customer on Monday. I won't charge them much, 2 or 3 hours I expect and as far as I can see they have little choice but to use me but you never know.
I've had to wait til Monday cos bossman was on a week's holiday. If he went abroad there's a chance he won't be back on Monday, not if he's relying on a flight, anyway.
Still thinking about getting a Samsung Netbook with external optical drive (total price £290.00 at PC World) to program these amps but I honestly don't need one for anything else. My daughter wants me to get it though so she can use it, it would be a helluva lot faster than the ten year old fossil she's using at the moment. We shall see.
I'm sure the school would have a laptop they'd lend me, so I dunno.
The weather here's been great, albeit cold, and it's springtime.
Most of my mates, the majority of which are a similar age to me, think I'm mad for liking the rides at Thorpe Park, the wusses. I lurve that place and I really must get round to visiting Alton Towers one day.
I never did hear from the hospital about the acupuncture I mentioned earlier in this thread, I'm very disappointed about that, it sortta got my hopes up. I'm due to see the consultant again near the end of May so I'll mention it to him then.
Getting back to the Xbox the GAME store advertise a bundle online with Forza 3 Racing and Sega Sonic Racing but they wouldn't do it in the shop so I didn't buy one. Why won't they do that, the fools? They're missing out on sales. Currys were offering some good bundles for the Elite so I might just head down there in a little while and see what they got.
And GAME also have used Xbox steering wheels for fifty quid - they any good? They're £70 new.
And that's what's been going down with me, cya
I did take it apart and cleaned everything but I think the wine must have shorted something in the electronics cos lots of the keys wouldn't work. So I threw a keyboard costing more than fifty quid in the dustbin.
I have been so impressed with the Saitek Eclipse II keyboard I bought a few weeks back I went and bought another one. Ordered online from PC World for £30 and collected from store, they're priced at £40 in the shop.
Despite being something of a Logi fanboy I do like these Saitek keyboards a lot and in all the years I owned the Logi G15 I never got round to using any Macros and the little flip-up screen was a distraction and an annoyance so I never used that either.
I've said it before but if I had got another Logi keyboard it would have been the G11 which is identical to the G15 but without the screen. Trouble is I don't think they make them anymore.
I finally got meself a telly today. it's This One and I took out the five year service plan. It's a 1080p and has 100hz scanning and to my eyes looks good.
I've connected my media computer to it using a DVI to HDMI lead and it's really quite odd to see my computer on a 37" screen.
I do have one problem though, the only audio ouputs on the TV are either via Scart or a single digital socket. I'm using the TV with an ordinary two channel hi-fi setup. I connected my hi-fi to one of the scart sockets but only the analogue TV stations put sound out via Scart which meant I had to use the TV 's own speakers, which aren't as good as the sound from my hi-fi, obviously.
One way round this is for me to use the Computer TV tuner and then the sound from the computer outputs to the hi-fi.
However, I was wondering if there is such a thing as a digital to analogue converter which will take the TV's digital output and then offer analogue sound via two phono/RCA sockets, something I'll have to check out.
I've played a couple of DVD's from the computer to the TV and they look ok to me but will shortly be getting an Xbox 360 Elite (the middle one) and will use that as a DVD player. Suppose I'll have to get a remote control for the Xbox for DVD playback control.
I have finished the big job I had on apart from I have to reprogram the first amp I put in there 3.5 years ago to suit the new configuration and as that wasn't in my remit for work quoted, I have to negotiate a price with the customer on Monday. I won't charge them much, 2 or 3 hours I expect and as far as I can see they have little choice but to use me but you never know.
I've had to wait til Monday cos bossman was on a week's holiday. If he went abroad there's a chance he won't be back on Monday, not if he's relying on a flight, anyway.
Still thinking about getting a Samsung Netbook with external optical drive (total price £290.00 at PC World) to program these amps but I honestly don't need one for anything else. My daughter wants me to get it though so she can use it, it would be a helluva lot faster than the ten year old fossil she's using at the moment. We shall see.
I'm sure the school would have a laptop they'd lend me, so I dunno.
The weather here's been great, albeit cold, and it's springtime.
Most of my mates, the majority of which are a similar age to me, think I'm mad for liking the rides at Thorpe Park, the wusses. I lurve that place and I really must get round to visiting Alton Towers one day.
I never did hear from the hospital about the acupuncture I mentioned earlier in this thread, I'm very disappointed about that, it sortta got my hopes up. I'm due to see the consultant again near the end of May so I'll mention it to him then.
Getting back to the Xbox the GAME store advertise a bundle online with Forza 3 Racing and Sega Sonic Racing but they wouldn't do it in the shop so I didn't buy one. Why won't they do that, the fools? They're missing out on sales. Currys were offering some good bundles for the Elite so I might just head down there in a little while and see what they got.
And GAME also have used Xbox steering wheels for fifty quid - they any good? They're £70 new.
And that's what's been going down with me, cya