Random geeky jibber jabber

I'm not at all surprised it's not catching on as they'd wished. You have to wear stupid glasses, and it causes eye strain. Hardly a good selling point for an optical illusion. Consumers Fail to Take a Shine to 3-D TVs | Gadget Lab | Wired.com An even better breakdown here: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/3dtv-analysis/ In any case, I'm not buying one.

What a simple idea! Easily identify metric and SAE tools with red electrical tape

I'm always on the lookout for better alternatives to my current software. This is one of them that I've recently adopted jetset entertainment - They Say "Audacity" - I Say "Wavosaur"

I've decided to install proper satellite that will work with a Foxsat HD Freesat receiver. Currently I have 2 dishes but they're both rusty.  I need to redo the cabling, and maybe install a new dish. Near Versailles It will need to point to 28.2°E (It's actually 28.2° E of South, so if you're looking at a compass from the north it's 151.8° ) which covers Astra 2A/2B/2D & Eurobird 1 which are used by Sky Digital, but there are loads of Free to Air channels (FTA) on them, so you don't need a subscription! Here's a few useful links : Loads of good info... http://www.bigdishsat.com The bible for channel IDs! http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html Compass alignment http://www.satalogue.com/section9/page6a.htm some other bits and bobs... http://www.digitalsat.co.uk/frontpage.html http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=169547 http://www.wickonline.com/fta.htm   I will use this for aligning the dish.  http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/astra2d....