Archive for November, 2007
Harder Bodies Faster Stronger
Nov 15th
The first Daft Punk song I can remember actually knowing was definitely Daft Punk was Around the World. That was the first song of theirs that when I heard it or saw it, I knew it was definitely them. Its the song that made them stand out for me. So ironic now that one of…
Why I deactivated my Facebook account
Nov 11th
There comes a point when a service gets too big. Facebook has hit that state for me. According to Mark Zuckerberg at a recent press event to announce new features, Facebook now exceeds 50,000,000 registered users of which 25,000,000 unique people visit Facebook everyday. Facebook is doubling in size every 6 months and the users…
24 – The 1994 Pilot
Nov 11th
I’m not a big fan myself, by my mother, my brothers and a few others I know are all pretty significant fans of the show. So this is rather fitting. :-) I present the 1994 original pilot for the show 24. If you remember using technology back in 1994, you’ll find this hilarious. If you…
Bookmark Madness
Nov 11th
I have been lazy with my bookmarking over the past 18 months. I don’t use the bookmarks in Firefox (or any browser for that matter) but instead use Google Bookmarks. This allows me to go from one computer to another and still be able to access my bookmarks very easily. If that browser has a…
Super Mario theme like you’ve never heard it before
Nov 8th
Back in the 80s when I was just a wee wipper-snapper (Oooh… There’s a hint Anouska, I’m old enough to remember the 80s) there was this great little game that came out on this absolutely revolutionary gaming platform. So revolutionary I was addicted and still play it today when I get the chance. One of…
The new Gmail interface
Nov 7th
Update: Okay, so I was totally wrong and this only works if you’ve already had your account upgraded to the new interface. Sorry. My bad. So I have to come clean. I’ve been enjoying the new features of Gmail for at least the last week now. The new interface is fantastic and the IMAP functionality…
No Gphone, Google give us an Android instead
Nov 6th
So I get home from work and Brooke asks me if I’d seen the big announcement yet. Of course being at work all day, and having quite a busy time of things lately, I had to admit that I had seen no big announcement. My first reaction was “Has it been two weeks already?” Google…
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Nov 5th
Why do the government keep going on about good behaviour on Guy Fawkes Night? I mean, they’re going to ban it no matter what. Spouting this “good behaviour” junk is just a way of them being able to justify it to the population such that no one gets too pissed off about it. For years…
A dinosaur speaks – What happened to wanting to have a clue?
Nov 2nd
I feel like a dinosaur. What ever happened to the good old days of parallel and serial based devices that were easily used and controlled from simple applications? I mean, what happened to the days when I could plug in a serial modem into a serial port and send commands to it using a simple…
Mad King Thorn Returns – Again
Nov 1st
You might remember that in Guild Wars every major holiday (such as Easter, Halloween and Christmas, Chinese New Year and more) is celebrated in the game in different cities. Chinese New Year celebrations take place in Shing Jea Monastery while Christmas, Easter and Halloween take place in Lions Arch and now Kamadan. All the major…