Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008
I don't like the terminology but I feel forced to use it.
ITV recently emailed me to let me know that, as a Mac user, I can now watch itv episodes on my Mac. This was a nice catchup to BBC's iPlayer which, although very limited on the Mac, allows me ...
Posted in Annoyances, Commentary | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Article on Reddit
God....
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
ENN.ie with the news:
"A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Lori Drew, from Missouri, for her alleged role in the hoax on the social network against her 13 year-old neighbour Megan Meier who committed suicide. Drew allegedly helped create a MySpace account with a false identity to contact Meier, ...
Posted in Annoyances, Social | No Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
A stunning piece of advertorial from InfoWorld via Nortel's sponsored IDC survey.
a considerable number of what it calls "hyperconnected" users ... those using at least seven devices and nine applications ... accounted for 16 percent of the population in the study
Behind the hyperconnected were the "increasingly connected," who use four ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Aaron Hillegass's Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X is now available on Amazon's US store. UK store to follow. This coincides nicely with my "Thursday Is Code Night In Bangor" plans. I already have second edition but I'd like third edition because things have changed. That said - even third ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
I was on stage at WWDC presenting some new feature of the iPhone 2.0 and things were going really well. The Steve seemed pleased anyway and didn't throw a camera at me. In the audience were a lot of my friends and also 5000-odd people I didn't know.
And then someone ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Img credited to JustinJas
Ars Technica writes in NBC-Vista copy-protection snafu reminds us why DRM stinks
Handfuls of Windows Vista Media Center users found themselves blocked from making recordings of their favorite TV shows this week when a broadcast flag triggered the software's built-in copy protection measures. The flag affected users trying ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
BarcampBelfast 2008 is planned for Saturday 21st June, 9am - 5pm. Last year I had other commitments and couldn't make it but I intend to turn up this year. Mac-Sys did sponsor it last year and will be doing so again. I think we need more of these events.
There's already ...
Posted in BarCamp, Commentary, Social, Startup, infurious | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Andy recently posted that his efforts to build Co-Working Belfast have been bearing fruit as he gets QUB and Belfast City Council on board. For my part, I've pledged that Mac-Sys will buy a desk every month and put some loaner kit down there as well to foster mobile ...
Posted in Bedouin, CoWorking, Commentary, Social, Startup, Wireless | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
I got this Businessweek link from DaringFireball this morning.
"A few weeks after announcing it will shut down its municipal wireless network in New Orleans, EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday that it has notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that it is terminating that network, too."
This is what happens when ideas are ...
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