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
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
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
This is an interesting collaboration-good voice, but videos are even better http://bit.ly/bpdi0 #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
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
Dear Palm, it’s just not working out. http://bit.ly/3EoLoj « I had much the same experience…
RT @patricknorton: Glad I started writing for a living 20 years ago.Just read troubling @wired piece about Demand Media http://bit.ly/o851f”
Apple Was Going to Use Palm WebOS-style Widgets for iPhone in 2007, Abandoned Idea Due to Performance http://bit.ly/14SFcz
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: RT @bwalder: …Especially if ur wrong abt sumthin « Case in point-and my dad’s bigger than your dad!
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
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?
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!
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
Gartner Sued Over Magic Quadrant for Alleged Damages of $132M plus Punitives of $1.3B http://bit.ly/1kCYDK
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
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
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
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
Awwww crap…. they weren’t that great after all… as you were folks….
BTW - the Apple store is now up, with all those great new products… just in case you were interested, like…
I liked the days when we got stories after they happened. Only so many “Apple store is down” “headlines” + product rumours I can stomach
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!
Oh… by the way… the Apple store is down folks! I bet there are some great new products coming…