Silver Jewellery, Gift Ideas for Christmas

November 19th, 2007

I’ve been looking to get M some Silver Jewellery for Christmas and her Birthday this year, since she can’t wear cheap gold or ‘funny’ metals, and being good value for money, Silver fits the bill quite nicely. I was redoing a client’s site and went over to Travis and Leigh for a gander.

Travis and Leigh sell a wide range of Silver Jewellery, including earringspendantsnecklacesbraceletsbanglesrings and brooches. I was particularly drawn by this Greek Silver Key Necklace, available with a matching Polished Silver Ring, but there are plenty of other things to choose from if you get stuck for ideas. All Travis & Leigh jewellery is hand crafted from 925 Sterling Silver and all items carry the 925 Hallmark of quality. The stones used are semi-precious and the pearls are Freshwater pearls

Shipping is £2.50 to the UK and £5.00 to the rest of the world. The signup and order process are both easy enough (using Protx for secure online payments) too. There’s even a wholesale jewellery option for those of you in business.

PCI SATA and the HD Woes

November 14th, 2007

I’ve been avoiding doing too much work on the big desktop recently, since the HD has been acting up, disappearing from Windows and reappearing a few seconds later. Having replaced the drive and the cable, I plumped for a PCI SATA-II card from eBay and gave that a try.

Installation was pretty straightforward – plug in card, switch on machine, install drivers, reboot – and I connected the 250GB drive without hassle, with Windows picking it up and scanning it, reporting 20K in bad sectors into the bargain.

I set about doing a full HD Scan and Repair and – so far – things have gone well. Later tonight I’ll probably get my backups sorted out, reformat the drive and hope for the best.

I bought mine from eBay user huntgoal for £7.90 delivered – bargain.