Entries from September 2008

September 27, 2008

Internet Use

I have just listened to the latest Cranky Geeks and they talked through the Comcast limits stuff, and how Comcast have not provided a way for the customer to measure their Internet usage and hence avoid going over their 250GB limit. The discussions turned to the idea that Comcast could not provide this service. Well [...]

September 24, 2008

Once upon a time…

Once I worked in a company that wanted to deliver something hot into Europe… and unfortunately it wasn’t. All that is left are the following…

and…

Nice.
Regards to Simon E. for the links.

September 19, 2008

Best Laid Plans – EeePC out, MSI Wind in

So, everything set and off to IBC2008. What happens two days in? Laptop dies. The EeePC goes and decides to lose a part of the registry, so no more blogging or picture posting. I have had to do it all now I am back, well the blogging is going to take a little longer and [...]

September 13, 2008

Annoying Google Feature No.1

Ok, it was supposed to be useful… Power up your web browser and connect to google.com and depending where your IP address is from give you the local version of Google in the right language. Sounds great initially but it is a clumsy stupidity. As if where your IP is registered actually describes what [...]

September 10, 2008

Having a break and consequences

Well I have stopped travelling around for a while and have begun getting myself comfortable in the home office. Many people are surprised at this choice, but they should not be.
Anyway, I have found some very definite consequences of my lack of travelling… I am not getting the podcasts in and I am now running [...]

September 2, 2008

The Most Unintentionally Funny Video of the Week

This (pointed out by Leo Laporte on his TWiT158) is the most unintentionally funny video of the week from ‘P Diddy’.

There are a great many things to be said about this guy and his viewpoint on the current economic climate and its effect on his life.
The best one is: Get real [...]

September 1, 2008

A Bad Hot Cup of Coffee

There is something really bad about having a strong cup of coffee late into the night….