Archive for September, 2008
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Gareth at Hunky Doray writes about 'ideas and implementation':
There was an article a while ago about the value of ideas. And when I say value, the article basically said that ideas are worthless. An idea has no value until it is realised. This is no Platonic ideal we’re living in. ...
Posted in Commentary, Do Something Now | 3 Comments »
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Last night I was lucky enough to attend the NISP CONNECT 25K Awards.
The overall winner of the awards was Affyon Networks, a company which produces a chip which performs Deep Packet Inspection at wire speed in order to eliminate SPAM and Viruses at the router. End users don't need to ...
Posted in Startup, digitalcircle, infurious | No Comments »
Friday, September 26th, 2008
The Register writes about todays announcement:
"It's disappointing for BT Openzone customers that they will no longer be able to benefit from the convenience of our hotspots - we are disappointed that BT could not reach acceptable commercial terms, though we are certain everyone will understand that our service partners, O2, ...
Posted in Wireless | No Comments »
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
So, guys, it's out. You can buy EyeCandy #1, The Masked Marshall in "Mah Pony Must be Punished" straight from the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch.
We've also bagged one video review from Sakura as well as a detailed review from her Dad.
So what's in the package. It's an ...
Posted in Commentary, Made me laugh, infurious | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Through a flurry of tweets today, @dressjunkie has organised a Tweetsupper for 10 people for this Saturday night. We have the two of us (@cimota, @dressjunkie) and @theronster, @karenquinn, @goblin and his wife, @goodonpaper and a friend and @pauljholden and his wife.
This is especially relevant considering that an ex-colleague of ...
Posted in Social | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
The G1 (aka HTC Dream) is out and there's a lot about it. The Dream is a sleek competitor to the iPhone weighing only 20% more and being only 30% thicker. The shape of the phone makes typing on the physical keys a little awkward but you'll soon learn new ...
Posted in Commentary | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Stephen Fry writes:
Nintendo understands that while play does involve competition, territoriality and rehearsal for war, it also involves silliness, laughter and fun.
I adore silliness, laughter and fun. Maybe it comes with being a parent or maybe with marrying a woman who adores it also but I love that we laugh, ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, Games | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Tomorrow night brings us the Digital Island Meetup (née TechLudd) where a heap of interested techophiles will descend on Ten Square in Belfast around 7:30 pm and spend the evening talking about subjects like social technology, open source, raising venture capital, web 2.0 and, of course, digital content.
If you're ...
Posted in Social, Startup, digitalcircle | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Proving that TIME Magazine subscribes to the same dose of "stupid and misinformed" that so many other online publications have a direct tap into, Anita Hamilton exposes her ignorance with regards to the iPhone and Google's Android offerings in a hilariously titled piece "Google's Dream, Apple's Nightmare?" - a play ...
Posted in Annoyances, Commentary | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
(These people are queuing for the Apple Store in Belfast which opened 20th September)
Posted in Made me laugh, infurious | 2 Comments »