TsSKaPudDLe

TsSKaPudDLe was a great band. I was 15, a friend's brother was in the band, and they actually managed to release 2 EPs on cassette.

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They described their style as "Punk, Funk, Indie, Psychadelic". My parents described it as "that awful noise". As a teenager I described it as great fun. I believe I may even have been one of the "Twm o'r Nant lunatics" credited on the inside sleeve of the first EP.

If only they'd started 12 years later, with the global reach of the internet at hand. Bidger the Amphibious Whippet could easily hold his own on MySpace. And I'm sure you still Can't Resist a Kipper from the BTEC Hall of Fluff. Ah well. Here's to you lads.

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Unsupported Video Configuration Detected


Update: There seem to be a lot of people with this problem at the moment, judging by the numbers arriving here from Google. So I've made a quick guide on how to fix the Unsupported Video Configuration Detected problem. Please go there for a solution, my original article (which is just a rant) follows.


I recently got a new Dell box at work. As I set it up, I realised that it was missing the cable required to connect the LCD's DVI input to the dual head graphics card.

"No problem", I thought, "I shall plug my trusty CRT into the VGA connector for the on-board graphics". Power on and... I get this...

System Halted! Error Unsupported Video Configuration Detected

Hello World! Ajax Chat

Well I can't quite believe that it's taken almost a whole year, but I finally found the time to finish off that Ajax Chat app that I started last October! Yes it's hard to believe, but refitting a bathroom, building a sponge and even doing work all have to take priority over the writing of a little hobby project.

Excuses aside (especially that one about sponge building), it's done! And online. And you can play with the finished result here.