October 2009
88 posts
IT’S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON http://bit.ly/11hCHV « Spot on…but possibly NSFW…
A Rant – My Integrity as an Analyst http://bit.ly/ISnGz « Tom Bittman hits out at the, usually anonymous (!), critics of the humble analyst
RT @vikphatak: More IPS testing today!! Way behind schedule. Participants= Cisco, IBM, Juniper, McAfee, Sourcefire, Stonesoft & TippingPoint
Apple TV 3.0 update http://bit.ly/4pYQ2P « Jerk “reviewer” spends more time telling us he cant remember his password than “reviewing”
The so-called “reviewers” who are so down on the AppleTV just don’t appear to get it. Probably 90% of my viewing is now via AppleTV
Whilst the AppleTV 3.0 update was not earth shattering, there were some nice new features, Internet radio is a great one, rarely mentioned
Power is back! Hallelujah! Coffee tiiiiiiime! I *never* want to be without electricity ever again… it hurts sooo much #fb
Power cut… 15 minutes and already suffering Internet withdrawal symptoms! Thank God for iPhone. Worse still, can’t make a coffee! :-( #fb
Free Screencast: A Twitter Client In 15 Minutes With iPhone Wax http://ff.im/aGAbE
Trembling with barely controlled glee at finding Pinky & the Brain on bitTorrent-one of Spielberg’s better efforts-classic! #fb
“To prove their mousey worth
They’ll take over the earth
They’re Pinky, Pinky and the Brain
(Brain Brain Brain.. Brain!)”
#fb
Olympic golf-glad to see it, but how come Tiger & co get to play? I thought the Olympics were for amateurs? What kind of fudge is that? #fb
Bottled out of last week’s competition ‘cos it was raining (wuss,eh?),so handicap went up by default!Bum!Will try to rectify tomorrow! #fb
18 holes followed by 2 hours of practice yesterday - an hour with the lob wedge round the green and an hour putting. Hurty hands… #fb
Back to shorts yesterday for golf-amazing weather for late October. Shot 88 again (46 out, 42 back), with 6 pars. Putting still poor tho #fb
Flirted briefly with long pants for golf on Friday & regretted it! Still way too warm on course for that! Despite sweaty legs, shot 88 #fb
This is an interesting collaboration-good voice, but videos are even better http://bit.ly/bpdi0 #fb
RT @lwalder: @AustinAni too right. Exactly same here:-) « Hey! You just lost tech support privileges for a week! :o)
Started watching Defying Gravity on BBC - looks interesting, so downloaded entire 1st series… converting for AppleTV now… #fb
Watched Mosters v Aliens - hilarious! #fb
I used Shazam to discover Planet Claire by The B-52’s #shazam
For those of you who missed the REAL Nick Griffin interview on Question Time…http://bit.ly/33FYk4
Get on my horse http://bit.ly/1lmfOo « Thanks to @feliciaday for this - it had me ROTFL #fb
Nook fail: B&N eBooks more expensive than paper versions!No international support.Not possible to buy eBooks outside US.Shame-nice tech #fb
How to run Windows 7 under Mac OS X 10.6 for free http://bit.ly/2zuqoG
Apple Was Going to Use Palm WebOS-style Widgets for iPhone in 2007, Abandoned Idea Due to Performance http://bit.ly/14SFcz
RT @patricknorton: Glad I started writing for a living 20 years ago.Just read troubling @wired piece about Demand Media http://bit.ly/o851f”
Dear Palm, it’s just not working out. http://bit.ly/3EoLoj « I had much the same experience…
RT @Preb0ne: RT @bwalder: …Especially if ur wrong abt sumthin « Case in point-and my dad’s bigger than your dad!
Looks like I’ve rattled a Palm Pre fanboy’s cage-these sort of arguments go nowhere fast.I just choose best tool for the task at hand.Period
RT @Preb0ne: @bwalder So u prefer apps that force u to close them to open up something else? That’s better to u? LoL! « Yes… safer!
Rapid7 Acquires Metasploit http://bit.ly/1yh5OB « A good thing? I hope so… these things don’t always work out as we’d hope
RT @vara411: @bwalder I use my Palm Pre heavily. It has not crashed ONCE since the 1.2 update « NOT crashing should be a given! Perf? Bugs?
Information security budgets generally dodge effects of downturn http://bit.ly/1B79BN « Not this time, I fear… not in my experience
Can the Palm Pre knock the iPhone off its perch? http://bit.ly/3WmgRN « Not unless it improves performance (SLOOOW!) and fixes bugs
RT @Preb0ne: @bwalder So u prefer apps that force u to close them to open up something else? « Pre doesn’t have apps-it has widgets
Crap…B&N eBook store checks your physical connection and stops overseas users from purchasing even if they have US address & bank a/c #fb
Gartner Sued Over Magic Quadrant for Alleged Damages of $132M plus Punitives of $1.3B http://bit.ly/1kCYDK
I used to use eReader a lot - I hope my library of eReader books will work on the Nook? If so, that could sway purchase from Kindle #fb
Prices at eReader.com (recently acquired by B&N) are now ludicrous. Was not always that way. B&N phasing it out? #fb
Quick comparison of B&N and Kindle book stores: B&N 20%+ more expensive in about 80% of cases. Same price about 19%. B&N cheaper 1% #fb
On more obscure titles (e.g. Bob Rotella’s mental golf books) B&N is up to 50% more expensive than Kindle! #fb
Barnes & Noble Introduces The Nook, A Game-Changing Ereader http://bit.ly/3UZBMR
RT @litmanlive: Spotted in Soho outside a novelty card shop.. http://twitpic.com/maflk « Well, it made me laugh…
New Barnes & Noble eReader - oh no, Kindle or Nook? Tough choice. WiFi might seal it for me http://j.mp/3NnRBi
BTW - the Apple store is now up, with all those great new products… just in case you were interested, like…
Awwww crap…. they weren’t that great after all… as you were folks….
Can’t tech writers think of anything better to do than monitor status of the Apple store? I make no wonder advertising revenue is down!
I liked the days when we got stories after they happened. Only so many “Apple store is down” “headlines” + product rumours I can stomach
Oh… by the way… the Apple store is down folks! I bet there are some great new products coming…