Archive for September, 2006

Bedouin-time: or what I’ve been spending my evenings on

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

For a while now, I've been going on about doing something Bedouin and we've been moving our pawns about the board in an attempt to get something started. This week I've truly been Bedouin and it's time I started talking a bit more about it. Last week, we named it "The ...

Cocoaheads 3rd Meeting last night

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Last night was the third local Cocoaheads meeting. Thansk to Phil and Chris for turning up and making me not sit like a spod with no wireless. We discussed IP routing through odd interfaces (as Chris likes his Frankenstein machines) and whether or not Mac OS X is a real ...

Apple Expo

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

I'm at Apple Expo this week, soaking up the rays and generally enjoying myself. If you're there too, drop me a quick line and we can do coffee!

The Internet is not Outlook

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

There's "standards" and there's "standards". The former is an agreed set of protocols or formats designed to assist information exchange. The latter is a ad-hoc adherence to a certain format or protocol because "everyone else is doing it" or "I'm too lazy to configure my email properly". Email users sometimes find ...

Find a new way to win…

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

The Mulley posted a link to a YouTube-hosted AmEx advert "Pong v Roddick". Now, obviously I'm a sucker for this. I'm unlikely to ever get AmEx again having escaped from their vicelike grip four years ago. I'm certainly never walking down that road again. But I digress. The advert, for those who ...