Archive for September, 2008

An idea has no value until it is realised.

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. ...

25K Awards

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 ...

BT and The Cloud part company

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, ...

EyeCandy “Masked Marshall” on the App Store.

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 ...

TweetSupper

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 ...

Android.

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 ...

silliness, laughter and fun

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, ...

Digital Island Meetup: Wednesday 7:30 pm: TenSquare, Belfast

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 ...

Android release today. TIME fairy tales.

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 ...

EyeCandy reactions from the general public

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

(These people are queuing for the Apple Store in Belfast which opened 20th September)