Herding Cats...

I'm trying to book flights to South Africa to visit the In-Laws. Apparently there are a couple of birthdays next March and some other nefarious family things. Between Ms requirements for the trip and her family just boooking 2 returns to Durban is turning into a nightmare.

NEWS just in! We've managed to agree flights and times and for a mere £252 in TAX!?!?! We're going to South Africa next March.

PC Buying Advice

One of the many things I am planning to do with the money from my house sale is upgrade our home PC. We've a 800MHz Atholon based mongrel with a 40GB HDD and I'd like to upgrade. I'm thinking of spending about £1K and wanted any tips on good places to buy at the moment. One of the key requirements is that it will need to run Half Life 2, but I also would like TV in/out to support my downloading habit and a multi-format card reader on the front. I'm also thinking it is time to get a flat panel.

Any thoughts?

And yes, I do intend to install MS software on it, but I have got my own copies ;)

PC Based PVR

Has anybody around here tried to do this?

I'm particularly curious about methods to control my cable box.