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Friday, 11 July 2008 09:12 |
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I've been lucky enough to stay away from Windows Vista, having moved to the Mac at home. I've had several chances to play with Windows Vista, but I still prefer the look and feel of Windows XP. A friend who is a Vista user recently had to reinstall from scratch (due to a hardware issue, not a Windows issue), and I needed to use his PC (since reading NTFS filesystems on an old hard disk is something Windows is pretty good at). |
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Monday, 23 June 2008 08:53 |
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Seen on BBC Breakfast this morning in an interview about the government's 5-a-day campaign: Q: "What's in banana chips that makes them healthy?"
A: "Banana" |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 20:19 |
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It's now 6 months since I got my iMac. So what do I think of it? |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 14:58 |
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Apple have launched iTunes Movie Rentals in the UK, and while the pricing is higher than the US pricing, it isn't too bad, considering the usual $=£ conversion. However, the pricing of Apple TV still leaves a lot to be desired. |
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Monday, 31 March 2008 12:50 |
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In terms of configuration management systems for UNIX systems, cfengine is one of the best known, having been around for 15 years. It appears to have a good reputation. Sadly the documentation is pretty dire... |
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 13:11 |
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Having a mortgage with Barclays was a result of a discussion with a mortgage advisor when I bought I first house. They worked out the cheapest over three years, so it seemed a logical choice. |
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Monday, 25 February 2008 06:58 |
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The site has been migrated from Joomla! 1.0 to Joomla! 1.5. At the same time I've chosen to change the layout, as it: - Allows more options and flexibility
- Is more standards compliant
- Allows me to test some changes here before I unleash them on BackupExecFAQ.
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Friday, 01 February 2008 11:31 |
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I've been a TiVo owner since 2002, and I still think it's as fantastic a piece of hardware now as I did six years ago. It's incredibly easy to use, and has been 100% reliable. However, over Christmas I decided I'd record plenty of films, for later viewing. The only problem was that we couldn't watch them as fast as they were recorded, and some films were automatically deleted to make room for new films. I'd thought about upgrading the TiVo before, but since I bought the iMac I've had a spare 250GB drive lying around... |
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 17:00 |
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Once I'd got my iMac I unboxed it and set it up. If you've ever unboxed an Apple product before, you'll know that the box is a neat, clean design, and the product itself comes covered in plastic. Setup took about 2 minutes, with a particularly nice feature being that the power lead is flush with the back of the unit. Because I'd ordered the iMac immediately after the release of Leopard, it came with Tiger installed, and an upgrade DVD in the box. I had a five minute play with Tiger, but was itching to see whether Leopard was as good as I hoped it would be. |
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Monday, 07 January 2008 19:00 |
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Last year I commented on the website for HQ Chester, a prestigious mixed-use development next to the racecourse. At the time of that post, the website was blank, except for a single logo, which didn't describe anything. Some time after that, the site changed, and was filled with content. Despite this, I still think it's not a great website. |
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