The homepage for Stephen on the www http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk 2010-03-12T01:59:56+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2009-10-26T14:41:41+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/142/ I'm in the process of moving the tools to make the slices over to OSX, specifically Snow Leopard. So far I've made the leap with the perl processing tools, but you need to coax them a little to get them working... text/html 2009-10-25T05:02:46+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/141/ I thought I'd probably have to do something manually to sort this out, and sure enough I did... The summertime to wintertime changeover occured this morning. To sort out the time, you have two steps. text/html 2009-04-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/138/ In Part 1 we went over collecting the tools together, and then gathering the XMLTV data.In this part we will create the channels and control the Canal Digital set top box. text/html 2009-04-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/139/ Part 3 is where the magic happens.First, unless you have access to a Linux/Unix type machine, you probably won't get any further. Either learn linux (nice ask, isn't it?), or find someone friendly who might be able to help you with making the slices. Maybe someone else who has a TiVo in Sweden could help? text/html 2009-04-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/137/ We moved to Sweden a couple of years ago. One of the things that we loved in the UK was our TiVo. Not being able to TiVo Swedish TV has made watching Swedish TV painful. The Viasat+ (http://www.viasat.se) box we had is dreadful - it's actually worse than the UK Sky+ box it is based on - amazing but true!This is our journey to a real Swedish TiVo. text/html 2008-11-11T13:56:30+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/136/37/ Finally we've got our new satellite dish installed. Our old one got damaged in the high winds 2 years ago, and we've been saving up ever since. So now we are the proud owners of an Andrews 1.8m dish. text/html 2008-09-21T15:33:13+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/135/36/ Yesterday didn't happen. Honestly. I got to the hotel, checked in, got to my hotel room, and spent virtually all day and night asleep.I've honestly never felt quite so rotten and tired as I did yesterday.Then late on in the afternoon I had a phone call from reception to say that a safari trip was going the next morning, would I like to go. Sure, I said. It's a 7am start, they said. Urgh, I thought. Last thing I need... another early night. But I was up at 6am, had breakfast, and ready for the trip to the Nairobi Safari Park. text/html 2008-09-20T10:11:05+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/134/36/ ... but sometimes it feels like it's never going to end. text/html 2007-09-17T22:45:20+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/133/36/ It's a bit later than I envisaged being online, and I'm acutely aware that recently I only seem to have blogged when something bad has happened. Hey, guess what... text/html 2007-03-27T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk/content/view/63/36/ It's now about 24 hours since I set off for Croatia. I still wonder quite whether I am awake or not, or in some super surreal dream.It all started normal enough, I checked in my bags, and went to the lounge to relax before boarding, I boarded, actually had a lovely meal and service on the plane (thanks Lauda Air!). I changed flights in Vienna, and landed in Zagreb at 1445. I got through passport control, all normal enough, and then to the luggage belt where 3 bags went round, and no more. No more! No more! shouted the man at me, and ushered me out of the arrivals hall. I found the baggage handlers office, and said my bags had gone missing. They were nice enough, and asked for descriptions, baggage tags, etc, and checked the computer. Apparently they had gone to another airport beginning with Z . Unfortunately they were not more specific than that, and I just hoped it wasn't Zimbabwe or Zambia as it would then be quite a wait for the bags to arrive...