Comments on: The Lot of the Geeks at Christmas http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/ Coding and cupcakes, Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katharine http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Katharine Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:23:10 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-21 I might not be quite up to your level of Geek credentials, but I already know my Mum has bought my Grandparents a new TV... I'll be writing the adapted guide to the remote control complete with cartoon diagrammes! Oh, and a full two days in the village the Internet forgot! Help! I might not be quite up to your level of Geek credentials, but I already know my Mum has bought my Grandparents a new TV… I’ll be writing the adapted guide to the remote control complete with cartoon diagrammes!

Oh, and a full two days in the village the Internet forgot! Help!

]]> By: Jo T http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Jo T Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:34:38 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-26 Mwahaha the advantages of being a non-tech geek are becoming apparent! No one ever asks me to explain the workings of washing-up liquid or what the density of water is (although apparently I'm pretty good at pouring things accurately). Mwahaha the advantages of being a non-tech geek are becoming apparent! No one ever asks me to explain the workings of washing-up liquid or what the density of water is (although apparently I’m pretty good at pouring things accurately).

]]> By: Tom Rowan http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Tom Rowan Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-25 We're a family of techies, so I'm afraid it's my brother (the IBM hardware support engineer) who gets all the screwdriver related jobs, while I pick up the software problems. My dad is technical engouh to fix his own Windows problems, my wife knows the +ve end of a battery when she sees one and even my mum can manage to fill her car with fuel on her own. It's not so bad really. :-) We’re a family of techies, so I’m afraid it’s my brother (the IBM hardware support engineer) who gets all the screwdriver related jobs, while I pick up the software problems. My dad is technical engouh to fix his own Windows problems, my wife knows the +ve end of a battery when she sees one and even my mum can manage to fill her car with fuel on her own. It’s not so bad really. :-)

]]> By: Sweetlux http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Sweetlux Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:20:33 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-24 Spot on! I have already been advised by my husband that "all I want for Christmas is for you to fix the broken laptop" Spot on! I have already been advised by my husband that “all I want for Christmas is for you to fix the broken laptop”

]]> By: Pat Parslow http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Pat Parslow Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:12:57 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-23 Take a sub-miniature switch, needle nose pliers, wire cutters and stripper, with optional gas powered soldering iron (and solder). Perform relatively simple surgery on the wires to the speaker to install instant aged-relative pleasing quietness to any sprogs electronic doo-hickey. If you are feeling kinder, you can stick a variable potentiometer in instead, giving a volume control. Almost all toys I have come across have space for the spare part needed to improve almost everyone's life ;-) Take a sub-miniature switch, needle nose pliers, wire cutters and stripper, with optional gas powered soldering iron (and solder). Perform relatively simple surgery on the wires to the speaker to install instant aged-relative pleasing quietness to any sprogs electronic doo-hickey. If you are feeling kinder, you can stick a variable potentiometer in instead, giving a volume control. Almost all toys I have come across have space for the spare part needed to improve almost everyone’s life ;-)

]]> By: Peter Curd http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Peter Curd Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:36:56 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-20 If I go a full week at home without fixing something or installing something or defrosting something - it's not Christmas! I think I'm lined up for RAM installation this year, plus a new TV needs cabling up. I couldn't be happier! :) If I go a full week at home without fixing something or installing something or defrosting something – it’s not Christmas!
I think I’m lined up for RAM installation this year, plus a new TV needs cabling up. I couldn’t be happier! :)

]]> By: Chris http://www.amykate.co.uk/2009/the-lot-of-the-geeks-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Chris Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:24:14 +0000 http://www.amykate.co.uk/?p=95#comment-22 I'm going to be spending Christmas installing Windows 7 on all the computers at home. The thinking is that I will spend just a day doing that, and it will save me hours many times in the future trying to support a mix of Windows XP and various Vista configurations. Of course the obscure hardware is probably going to get the better of me. I’m going to be spending Christmas installing Windows 7 on all the computers at home. The thinking is that I will spend just a day doing that, and it will save me hours many times in the future trying to support a mix of Windows XP and various Vista configurations. Of course the obscure hardware is probably going to get the better of me.

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