A DIY task leads to reflections on the tools we use.
Category: Soapbox
A category that contains my rants about things!
This post may come across as self-serving, semi-advertorial, promotional, or just plain crappy (or all of the above). I don't apologise, it's my blog and I'll write what I want to. However, because it's the Internet and it's almost guaranteed that someone reading this will think I should have warned them... consider yourself warned, fair … Continue reading Analogy can be found anywhere
Like most international travellers in the Internet age, during our recent travel through Europe I was confronted by the ridiculous situation that exists for mobile data access. By ridiculous I mean ridiculously expensive. Look, don't get me wrong: the technology that allows GSM/UMTS global roaming is pretty magical[1]. But it's not exactly new! It's not … Continue reading On global roaming for data
I had two book-related experiences today, one of which was obvious and prompted this post. The other I had almost forgotten about, but should not have. First, the one I forgot. I went to the shopping centre today (Garden City, in Upper Mt Gravatt) with my seven-year-old son. On the way there we were discussing … Continue reading My local Borders is no more
Two of the four keynotes at LCA 2011 referenced the depletion of the IPv4 address space (and I reckon if I looked back through the other two I could find some reference in them as well). I think there's a good chance Geoff Huston was lobbying his APNIC colleagues to lodge the "final request" (for … Continue reading IPv6: SSDM?
I was having a browse around the excellent Nerd Vittles site tonight, and stumbled onto a disturbing conversation about the removal of the Nokia SIP client from S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 2 (as used on recent phones like the N78 and N96). Nerd Vittles linked to this blog, which alludes to the possibility of … Continue reading Nokia SIP client: WTF?
S went to print some photos the other day, and what was supposed to have been a simple exercise turned out to be a very frustrating one for both of us. I was utterly amazed to discover that even on the eve of 2009 there are web sites that think the world is only viewed … Continue reading Photo printing pain
I was about to post about how pleased I was with Synergy in helping me tidy up my desktop clutter (by removing a keyboard and mouse from the surface). Ironically, I'm instead posting about a problem with the configuration that will cause me to throw it out and look for something else. Why the title? … Continue reading Security blows
If you can read this, it means that Round 3 of my fight with my ISP is over and my ADSL is back up, which is a good thing because it means that I can tell you about why my ClustrMaps image has so many red dots on it suddenly...Every so often I found that … Continue reading Scourges of the Universe: Blog Spam, and ISPs
I like new things. Many of my friends and colleagues do as well. Some of us are very familiar with "early adopter tax", the high price of paying for a new release product or program in spite of the knowledge that delaying the purchase would save money. I got to thinking about early-adoption a little … Continue reading On being an early-adopter
Crossed Wires 