if anyone is wondering why I've been pretty quiet of late, it's for two reasons:
1/ I bought a PS3.
1a/ my original chipped Xbox (used mainly as a media player) was getting pretty tired and wouldn't play DVDs reliably
1b/ all the xbox games were getting stale
1c/ I wanted a PS3 which could run linux
1d/ there were some very good offers around with the changing model

we have LBPlanet and Ghostbusters (free with console)

I spent quite bit of time improving my web wrapper for get_iplayer so wife and kids can pick and choose iplayer programs to download for later playing. the ps3 plays flash streams just fine, but is too fussy on codecs so iphone downloads don't play.

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2/ my linux router/server died and I seconded my desktop computer, which suddenly became hopelessly unreliable and I'm replacing it with this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12629882@N05/tags/jetway/

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3/ I'm suffering n900 envy and I am worried about getting tempted and buying the new one. the n800 still works just fine.