This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
Although I have always been happy with FreeSat via my Humax box, the offer of a couple of Sky Sports channels for next to nothing on BT Vision was too good to refuse. A few months ago I added the BT system to my TV and have been happy with it since. The “Sky+ like” [...]
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I can’t remember how I stumbled on the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) but I’m glad I did! Keeping your Windows machine clear of malware and nasties is never easy and it’s made worse by not knowing whether your installed software is up to date. The excellent PSI utility from Secunia makes things a lot [...]
Using the setup described below in my last post, I have now started exploring the world of astrophotography and my first attempt is shown below. To say I am pleased with it is a bit of an understatement! The original images were captured as a .mov file on a Mac laptop and then processed by [...]
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I was given a Samsung SDN-520PH CCTV camera sometime ago – thanks Mark! . It was brand new and still in its box, it is just like the one below except that mine came with no lens. I thought it might come in handy at some point for a little astronomical experimentation. That hasn’t happened [...]
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