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Back At The Auction House
I had to get up early this morning to go back to De Zwaan and bid on an old light that we had seen and fancied for our vestibule. I won it for €90 and was surprised to find that … Continue reading
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First Day Trip
The family took its first day-trip in the new car today. We drove across the country to Nijmegen to pay Jules and Bloem a visit. Linda was at work, so we didn’t get to see her. There were fewer than … Continue reading
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Hardware Woes Not Over
After putting the bits of our future MythTV box back together, the system now powers up, but the SATA hard drive is not detected by the motherboard. Yawn. The SATA DVD drive, on the other hand, is recognised, so I … Continue reading
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MythTV Hardware Almost Ready
Our prospective MythTV box is more or less ready for the software. The shop that was investigating the source of my problem had called to say that they had got to the bottom of it, so off I went in … Continue reading
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Changing Station
Sarah and I had ordered a new changing table for Eloïse a couple of weeks ago. It was delivered by Casa Luce yesterday afternoon and I finished putting it together this evening. It’s a Stokke Care. I really like Norwegian … Continue reading
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