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Mac Mini
On Saturday we came home from a shopping trip with a Mac Mini, to go with several Linux machines, a few Windows boxes, and a Macbook Pro. I almost immediately shut the lid on my old Dell notebook and went … Continue reading
Election – fed up already
If I had my own news programme, I would interview politicians and insist they talk ONLY about their own policies, and not mention a single word about the perceived failings of the opposition. I’m fed up of hearing answers along … Continue reading
Mobile blogging
Just got an android phone, and bugger me it’s brilliant. I can blog from bed. Sorted. Text entry is still going to take some practice, but the predictive text is actually passable. I’m impressed.
Politicians. They just don’t get it.
I despair. Really. We put politicians in their jobs so that they can create good laws. When I find a politician (ab)using a bad law for financial gain, and then saying “I didn’t break the rules”, then that politician is … Continue reading
I finally got the PC I want!
I’ve been playing with PCs since the 286-12 was a boy, and it’s taken until 2009 for me to get a PC configured as I want it. The box in question is in the shed, and I usually administer it … Continue reading
Trials with a new PC
Over the years, since 386 cpus were trendy, I’ve built loads of PCs. I mean loads – probably in the hundreds somewhere. As a result, I usually don’t get too surprised by them. ok, so form factors change, RAM modules … Continue reading
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Phorm & Internet advertising
I’ve had enough of big companies making money out of mucking around with my data in an irresponsible and incompetent manner. To get this at least partly in perspective, you need to understand something about me. I loath advertising. I … Continue reading