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New Version Of iTunes Killing Computer Number 1 In Google

Philip Norton — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:33:49 +0000

I was looking through Google Analytics today and I noticed something quite cool that I thought I should point out. My previous rants about iTunes really not working and the new version of iTunes annoying me have been picked up by Google. I now rank number 1 in the world for the term new version of itunes killing computer. This is pretty cool since my site beats CNET and Digg for the same search term. I have taken a screenshot for prosterity.

New version of iTunes killing computer

Check it out for yourself on the google results page.

Computer Back Again

Philip Norton — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:00:00 +0000

I got my computer back today. I got a Asus EAX-1050 graphics card from a local shop in Congelton. It is quite low powered, but should do me for a few months. I can’t afford a brilliant card at the moment, but I was contemplating getting a good laptop to replace the desktop in a few months. I don’t trust the desktop as it has a habit of crashing and blowing up components.

Computer update

Philip Norton — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:20:00 +0000

I have finally got the computer up an running. I had to get a 160 gig hard disc from ebuyer.co.uk, but it now works as good as new. What is a pain is that I haven´t managed to save all of my files. My FreeNAS server is doing well and keeping backups of all of my important stuff, but I lost all of my videos and every save game I have ever made.

As we are quite strapped for cash at the moment (broke really) I could only afford a 160 gig disc. I suppose when we have more money I can get another drive of the same capacity and install SuSE onto it.

Computer Dies

Philip Norton — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:00:00 +0000

I was sitting in front of my computer today when it died. It has been acting funny for a few days but tonight I was watching an online video when the hard disc failed. The computer turned itself off, and when I tried to start it again all it could manage was a "critical disc error – can´t boot from system disc!". I can´t get it to do anything. It was a lucky thing that I did a backup the other day otherwise I could have lost the lot. I did manage to get SuSE linux to boot from the DVD which is how I am able to write this. I have managed to install WindowsXP into a small disc, which is sat outside the machine on a smaller pile of books. I needed to use WindowsXP as there is this really cool disc recovery software that I have used before, but is only available on XP. I will do some data recovery activities over the next few days but it looks like I will have to order a new hard drive from Ebuyer.