The Life of Me

Having spent an hour tonight trying figure out why Front Row refused to work with my “external monitor” (A Sony Bravia TV), I thought I would share the solution I found.

Normally, to allow Front Row to work with an external monitor, all I do is:

System Preferences » Displays » Arrangement

And then drag the grey menu bar to desired screen.

99% of the time this allows me to use the external monitor as the main Front Row screen. Recently, even after performing the steps above, Front Row will run only on my Macbook Pro.

Having tried several suggestions found on Apple Discussions, I think I have found a solution to the problem.

If your Front Row refuses to move to the external monitor, whilst Front Row is running simply press CMD + ALT + ESC - this forces Front Row to quit. The next time you run Front Row it should now appear on your external monitor (as long as you have followed the normal steps above).

I’ve tried this on the last 3 occassions I have had this problem and each time has fixed it… but as always YMMV.

I’m still plodding along with the new design, with just the comment page remaining before I start integrating it with Wordpress. I’d ideally like to get it completed this week so that when GTA4 is released I’m not too distracted from the task in hand.

Also, I’ve just orded 4x 43″ Westcott Umbrellas (2 white and 2 silver) from MPEX so that I have a complete home studio for when the babba arrives. Now I need to find myself some umbrella adapters in the UK at a good price (any recommendations are welcome).

Finally, it was also good to see some familiar names like Ian and Neil in the comments recently - thanks for the comments guys.

…on a new design for the blog!

I’ve been meaning to get back into blogging for some time now, and after a few years out in the cold and several broken promises, I think I’ve been bitten by the blogging bug once more.

I’ve been busy working on the design and coding away and you can check out the work in progress here.

Still a lot of code to put in before I start chopping it up into a Wordpress theme but I feel I’ve got quite a lot done today.

While you wait for the new site, feel free to check out my other haunts:

• Chris Owens on Flickr
• Chris Owens on Facebook
• Chris Owens on LinkedIn

Comments on the new design are certainly welcome.

Well, today is my final day at Uni (unless something goes pear-shaped) and unfortunately four long years has turned into more of a chore than an exciting chapter in my life… Anyway, on positive note and as a direct result of this I should be slowly returning to blogging again - YAY!?

I’m also going to be taking a lot more photographs, uploading to Flickr more often, reading more books, watching a lot more football and playing on the 360 on a regular basis.

For the curious amongst you: I already have a job lined up and in fact have been working for some time now doing a lot of development work. However, I’m hoping to concentrate more on the project management aspect of the business as well as keeping the digital side of the company up-to-date with the latest web technologies, standards and trends etc.

However, the most important news this year… Me and Kaz just bought our first house! We’ve had the offer accepted, mortgage is sorted, the surveyor has given us the all-clear and we’re just waiting for searches to complete… if all goes well we could well be moving house at the end of this month.