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More fun with BAA: T5 still hopeless
Heathrow Terminal 5 is a disaster. It’s a year since I last travelled through and, if anything, it has got worse. I had a return trip to Canada over the last two weeks. Going out wasn’t too bad; coming back … Continue reading
Version Control: developing on branches rather than master/trunk
I’ve changed my mind. It now seems that it is much more sensible to develop on branches rather than on master or trunk. What am I on about? Well software source control or version control systems. I tend to use … Continue reading
Dear BBC: It’s not ‘Digital Piracy’, it’s ‘copyright infringement’
It really, really annoyed me this morning, lying in bed, listening to the radio, hearing a journalist parrot the ‘digital piracy’ line. Piracy evokes images of beards and cutlasses on the high seas, where pirates board ships, steal galleons and … Continue reading
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Complex or Complicated?
The recent Think and a Drink (@TaaD) covered the wide ranging topic of Social Networking. There was much to take in and some genuinely useful tips and tricks for ‘upping’ your game with regards to social networking from an internet … Continue reading
Favourite anecdote about my Dad
I was thinking today about my favourite anecdote about my Dad, who is very much alive. My Dad, who is now in his seventies, is very into the outdoor life, exercise and generally being healthy. I think that this has … Continue reading
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Miguel de Icaza – more foolishness?
A, sadly, unsurprising interview that I read at derStandard.at, but alerted from the Boycott Novell blog. de Icaza has been lampooned in the past for his unpopular views on Microsoft, .net, and C#, but this interview really takes the biscuit. … Continue reading
Why my data isn’t in the cloud
This blog post is one of the best reasons why my data isn’t in the cloud: Suddenly, Nick can’t access his Gmail account, can’t open Google Talk (our office IM app), can’t open Picasa where his family pictures are, can’t … Continue reading
Air travel inside the UK
A couple of weeks ago my wife, Helen, had a business trip to Bristol. So, rather than driving or taking the train, the quickest option was to travel by EasyJet from Newcastle to Bristol. She had to take her passport … Continue reading
OpenMoko: Software and Hardware bugs
Let’s be clear: this is not a phone (yet) for the masses, but I think it is definitely heading in that direction. It has GPS, accelerometers, GPRS, Bluetooth, WiFi and an open software stack on which practically anything could be … Continue reading
OpenMoko: Software stacks
My OpenMoko arrived a few days ago, and comes with the stock OM2007.2 software. I upgraded it with the opkg update command and then tried to use it for a few days at the LUGRADIO Live 2008 event. It didn’t … Continue reading