iPhone 3G iOS4 - Unexpected Roaming Data Charges - I recently read an article on the register reporting that a bug in Apple’s iOS 4 on their 3G model means that international data roaming is enabled even when the setting shows it is turned off. This prompted me to call o2 to check if I had incurred any data roaming charges whilst on [...]

Aperture 3 - AppleScript to Delete Referenced Masters on Network Drives - After reading an article on the new file handling capabilities of Aperture 3 I decided to give it a go.  I had previously been using Lightroom 2 to edit photos but found the interface quite slow and not the nicest for organising many photos.  For example I couldn’t sort the folder view by date. iPhoto [...]

Ubuntu 9.10 - Blinking Cursor on Boot Problem - I found that my Zotac ION 330 Ubuntu 9.10 system would, rather strangely, not boot when having a mouse plugged into my apple USB keyboard. I would just getting a blinking cursor after “grub” has momentarily flashed on the screen. It took some experimentation to find this. I first found that if [...]

ITV HD on MythTV - ITV HD (on Freesat) is provided not as a proper channel, it is only accessible by pressing the red button whilst an HD program is being shown on ITV.  I wanted to enable my MythTV box to receive this channel and searched on Google to find out if it was possible.  I found many articles [...]

Xenon HID Bulb Replacement - Mercedes C Class W203 - After finding the near-side headlight had become very dim I looked into if it was possible to replace the xenon gas discharge bulb myself. I found a number of websites selling the bulbs and discovered the bulb I needed was the D2R type. Philips and Osram seem to be the main manufacturers. Fitting the bulb proved [...]