Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Jared writes"Fun bit of political activism from the first blogger to make a UK MP resign."
The problems I have with Staines/Fawkes are:
Pointless anonymity - if you've got a point to make, then make it. Don't hide behind a pseudonym. Especially with the ego-fellatio that went on with sitting in shadow ...
Posted in Annoyances | No Comments »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
This little diagram was 'stolen' from a management course I went on. I couldn't find the reference so if anyone knows of the original diagram, then put something in the comments. I have drawn it mostly from memory here with some annotations. Click the diagram or here to see it ...
Posted in Commentary | 8 Comments »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Continuing my work on writing about 100 different topics...
My mother is not on Facebook nor is she on any of the other social networking sites but there are members of my family who are. To be honest, my mother has just about gotten used to using a computer for email ...
Posted in 100, Social | No Comments »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
HiveLogic on getting into The Zone in modern offices:"There’s no choice about how or when you’re expected produce, or under what circumstances. Here is your computer, here is your workstation, you have the tools, the florescent lights are turned on, why don’t you go ahead and get to work, ...
Posted in Bedouin, CoWorking, Commentary, Startup | 2 Comments »
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
BoyGeniusReport reports on a curious exchange between a Mac owner and Apple's Steve Jobs. Said customer was irate because he spilled water on his MacBook Pro and was quoted a base $300 to start the repair with no guarantee it would fix the unit. He emailed Steve Jobs and the ...
Posted in Annoyances, Mac | 4 Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
I'm going on a 12 day holiday in August which will involve visiting Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany and Denmark as well as time on the open seas.
Anyone know any options that would cover me for data and not require £7.50 a megabyte?
Posted in Annoyances | 4 Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
ENN.ie describes itself as "Irelands IT Newswire" which is why I subscribe to their feed. But like all modern technology journalism, it's a load of bollocks.. Their contributor, Ciara O'Brien, just made some stuff up and posted it to ENN.ie as news. In her article she describes the iPhone as ...
Posted in Annoyances | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
A bit of a gem for those of us who like to spot self-entitlement whores.
Apple is offering employees in Cork a free iPhone if they:
Don't sell it, jailbreak it or allow it to be jailbrokenNo...there is no step 2....
Seems fair enough. It's a choice for the individual not something they're ...
Posted in Annoyances | 7 Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
A good article on PC game piracy:
Anyone who keeps track of how many PCs the "Gamer PC" vendors sell each year could tell you that it's insane to develop a game explicitly for hard core gamers. Insane. I think people would be shocked to find out how few ...
Posted in Commentary, Games | No Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Daniel Jalkut, of Red Sweater software fame, writes about 'free' software:
During the chat, the entire MacBreak Weekly crew discussed the danger to the music industry that comes from younger listeners having a built-in expectation that music should be free.
This was in response to Leo Laporte claiming that Pukka, a ...
Posted in Code, Commentary | 2 Comments »