Monthly Archives: February 2009

A new level of browsing

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Nev

The Internet tubes today were mainly full of comments about two things: Gmail going down and Apple releasing a public beta of Safari 4. Had the Gmail outage coincided with Twitter going belly-up at the same time then I think … Continue reading →

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All work and no play

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Nev

The more observant among those of you who have visited before may have noticed that a new tab has appeared in the header panel today. My playground is a place for me to mess around with code once I’ve finished … Continue reading →

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Netiquette

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Nev

Recently I’ve noticed something of a resurgance of hoax emails, warning of various scams, old jokes and other detritus. I’m not sure if this is because I’ve been on the Internet for a long time and there is just actually … Continue reading →

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Hobbling Bluetooth

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Nev

I’m having a problem with Bluetooth in the office at the moment. In my pre-iPhone days, one of my favourite things about using Salling Clicker in conjunction with my Sony Ericsson k700i was that I could walk away from my … Continue reading →

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The courtesy of kings

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Nev

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it. – Franklin P. Jones I’m a big fan of the concept of Lombardi time. If something starts at 8pm, then be there at least 10 minutes before and … Continue reading →

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The Edinburgh Twestival

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Nev

You may have seen Twitter in the mainstream media of late. Either from Janis Krums breaking the first pictures of Flight 1549 landing in the Hudson River or, more recently, Steven Fry getting stuck in an elevator and getting more … Continue reading →

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Religious disturbance

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Nev

My afternoon yesterday was interrupted by a knock at the door by a couple of people wanting to share some “good news from the Bible” with me1. I’m assuming that they were Mormons or something similar and not Jehovah’s Witnesses … Continue reading →

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