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I find this story to be somewhat chilling and highlights the problem with allowing one country (and their shiftless government) to have too much control over the infrastructure of the Internet. At least if it was any other country you could do something about it. Related posts: Obama and the Peace Prize The Broadband Blueprint … Continue reading “Offshore now.”
I find this story to be somewhat chilling and highlights the problem with allowing one country (and their shiftless government) to have too much control over the infrastructure of the Internet.
At least if it was any other country you could do something about it.
Via TomRaftery’s Social Media: Mike Hughes of Microsoft Ireland who is going to talk about Windows Vista energy conservation features. Cool. Doesn’t Vista require a more powerful PC with a more powerful graphics chipset and more RAM? More honestly, Mike Hughes will be trying to convince you to upgrade from Windows XP because then their … Continue reading “Vista: the OS for the Greens?”
Via TomRaftery’s Social Media:
Cool.
Doesn’t Vista require a more powerful PC with a more powerful graphics chipset and more RAM?
More honestly, Mike Hughes will be trying to convince you to upgrade from Windows XP because then their processor partners will sell more chips and they’ll start to be able to boast about Vista’s upgrades. Because at this point, Vista is a disaster considering how long it’s been out.
Via the BBC Eight British commandos … were arrested in a bar in the town of Harstad after removing their clothing, making lewd comments to women and urinating on each other. Quality. Related posts: Jonathan Gems on the abolition of the UKFC Future of the Beeb? Holidays in England There Are Women Who Code
Via the BBC
Eight British commandos … were arrested in a bar in the town of Harstad after removing their clothing, making lewd comments to women and urinating on each other.
Quality.
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Scoble treats us to some of his enthusiasm about Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope. You drag around the sky. There’s Mars. There’s the big dipper. There’s Betelguese.But it has one difference between any telescope you’ve ever looked at. You can zoom. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom. We picked a point of light inside the big dipper. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom. … Continue reading “Cool. But also shit.”
Scoble treats us to some of his enthusiasm about Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope.
You drag around the sky. There’s Mars. There’s the big dipper. There’s Betelguese.But it has one difference between any telescope you’ve ever looked at.
You can zoom. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom.
We picked a point of light inside the big dipper. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom. Holy shit, it’s two galaxies colliding. It looked like a star. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom. let’s switch to a different telescope and see what these two galaxies colliding are spitting out.â€
He clicked a button and we saw a completely different view of the same colliding galaxies. This time we weren’t looking at visible light, but at something else.
Sounds fantastic.
It runs only on Windows. It’s coded in C#/.NET
Ah, same old shit.
It would be nice if Scoble gave them some hell about only releasing this stuff for Windows. He’s so into his conversations but what…non-Windows people are not classy enough. I thought this was on the fricken web?
And it’s not at all me too, me too. When will Microsoft learn?
Paul Walsh is looking to recruit some “top cats” for some reason. If you’re a bigwig somewhere and you’d like to massage your ego and talk to other bigwigs, then rock on over. You’ll know if you fit in because it’s all about Established… …senior decision maker… …secured VC funding or have a seriously good … Continue reading ““Top Cats” recruiting.”
Paul Walsh is looking to recruit some “top cats” for some reason. If you’re a bigwig somewhere and you’d like to massage your ego and talk to other bigwigs, then rock on over. You’ll know if you fit in because it’s all about
Established…
…senior decision maker…
…secured VC funding or have a seriously good track record
…TV Personalities…
…you get the picture.
After all, a bit of backslapping is great.
It’s in London so you’ll have to go over there and put up with the locals too.
[yes, I’ve had a shitty morning. Why do you ask?]
Twenty Major on the problems with kids today. They shoplifted, they drank cider, they smoked John Player blue, they wore pants too short from them and those squiggly jumpers you used to see in Dunnes Stores and they got up to no good. They sniffed glue and generally made a nuisance of themselves rather than … Continue reading “Scum are everywhere. Agreeing with Twenty.”
Twenty Major on the problems with kids today.
They shoplifted, they drank cider, they smoked John Player blue, they wore pants too short from them and those squiggly jumpers you used to see in Dunnes Stores and they got up to no good. They sniffed glue and generally made a nuisance of themselves rather than being a serious threat. And remember, none of these lads had much to do. It was a time of four channel (if you were lucky) TV and days and nights spent out of the house because going out was all there was to do.
Kids today do have it easy. I am a grumpy old sod but I wasn’t allowed to monopolise the TV with my videogames (and yes, I had an Atari 2600), I didn’t get a computer until I was 11 (and yes, I was one of the lucky ones) and I got more than one lecture about spending too much time in my room. If I threw a tantrum, you can be pretty sure I’d have my butt tanned.
I’ve seen screaming tantrums from children (my own, others) because they were told to turn the TV off or because we’ve arrived at some childrens entertainment venue and they’re closed for lunch. My daughter has a whining moan noise when she doesn’t get her way but that can usually be cured by telling her to stop making that noise. My son can be boisterous and violent but he’s a young lad, there’s no actual malice in there. Compare this to others: I spotted some little gobshite entreating other kids to kick a cat outside a school while his parents watched. In Tesco, I saw a kid who must have been 10 years old punch his mother in the face because she said No. On the Lisburn road, two young lads walked down the road and picked fruit from the front of a greengrocer and walked on. The grocer ran out and the two, in broad daylight, challenged him. What could he do? Him against two young aggressive lads? By the time the rozzers got there they’d be long gone.
Now I understand that Twenty Major is a comedy satire. But there’s realism in them comedies. So buy the book but don’t read it until you know where your kids are.
Because of my background I’m somewhat used to working in a flexible arrangement. When I was with Nortel, I’d pull 50 hour weeks with no sweat because there was flexibility. I took ownership of the work, of the sites, and sometimes that meant maybe 20 hours exra on the weekend or staying late to 10 … Continue reading “Flexibility”
Because of my background I’m somewhat used to working in a flexible arrangement.
When I was with Nortel, I’d pull 50 hour weeks with no sweat because there was flexibility. I took ownership of the work, of the sites, and sometimes that meant maybe 20 hours exra on the weekend or staying late to 10 pm. On the odd occasion it meant an overight which was accepted as part of the job. Nortel was very progressive with their flexibility – we had flexi days, I worked from home for 18 months and we always had decent remote access facilities, including mobiles and laptops.
When running my own business I had even more flexibility – that happens when you’re the boss though obviously you have work to get done. Likewise there were times that working until 2 am was completely necessary and considering the state of my first marriage, I’ve also pulled a couple of overnights there as well.
Last week, I arrived in the office every day at 7-7.20 am (with one exception) and I left the office usually between 4:00-5 pm (one evening was a 5:30). On top of this I worked on Sunday too. I don’t begrudge the extra hours I put in but today I found myself to annoyed to work for the last hour. My reason? The exception.
On Friday last I went to the dentist. I’ve had a lot of dental appointments as they replace old fillings and generally give me a cleanup but last Friday I arrived in at 11 am and got to work. At 3 pm was a talk about new VoIP technology being deployed into the company (which wouldn’t have been out of place in 1998) which I also attended (as the person tasked with being the pilot for teleworking in our group). At 4 pm I left in disgust due to the poor quality of the information provided.
Today I was criticised for “not being around” on Friday. That pisses me off that I can pull hours well over my contract, fulfill all of my obligations AND give two members of staff their goals settings for the coming year (putting me ahead of any other project leader in the group) and the response was a dressing down? There’s something not right there.
Flexibility is important to me, indeed to every parent.
Flexible working impacts on the bottom line – research shows that companies embracing it are seeing an increase of between 15% and 31% in productivity. It can also result in reduced overheads – in areas such as property. In fact, in some cases every full time home worker can save a company approximately £6,000-£9,000 per annum.
No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were … Continue reading “John Donne was full of shit.”
No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.
— John Donne
I’m looking for a hosting provider in the same timezone as me. I’m tired of racking up large telephone bills at odd hours of the night. Anyone know a hosting provider who’s willing to take on a couple of new companies as well as a slew of my other clients? Email me or leave a … Continue reading “Looking for a good Host”
I’m looking for a hosting provider in the same timezone as me. I’m tired of racking up large telephone bills at odd hours of the night.
Anyone know a hosting provider who’s willing to take on a couple of new companies as well as a slew of my other clients?
Email me or leave a comment. Left my phone at home so if you phone, leave a voicemail.