30 Jan 07
Microsoft Windows Vista is released for worldwide retail today. Two years late, costing more than £200, and already found to be housing Microsoft's traditional security shoddiness, I have to say "Ho (and indeed) Hum".
So I have been converted to a Mac loving, Windows snubbing geek so I may be biased but I do wonder why the new Vista looks a lot like Apple, and if I want to enter the Windows world again. The rather in-depth Criticism of Windows Vista, page on Wikipedia does little to improve my feelings of distrust....
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29 Jan 07
Apple have just released some new localised UK adverts as part of their "Get A Mac" campaign. Robert Webb and David Mitchell star as Mac and PC respectively. This is not the first localised version of the adverts, Japan have had their own.
Personally I think its the like-ability of Mitchell and Webb that save these adverts, that said most of them are a rehash of the original US ones. The two that stand out are "Tentacle" and "Pie Chart". Pie Chart is a variation on the US one, whilst Tentacle is UK only. Frankly any advert that manages to use the words "Shenanigans" and "Tom Foolery" is OK in my book. On the forums over at macrumors.com, they were discussing the adverts and Jamie Curmi, pointed out a possible angle for the Australian version of 'Pie Chart':...
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28 Jan 07
After my terribly over passionate post about Richard Hammond's well publicised accident, and the possibly that Top Gear would be consigned to the the scrapheap of telly land, the new series starts tonight at 8pm on BBC Two.
If like me you are a relative newcomer to the programme, and have missed much of the last eight series, you can fill up on all the highlights thanks for the wonders of internet video streaming....
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22 Jan 07
I use Firefox, (sometimes Safari), every single day, I find it rock solid, a pleasure to use, and makes me feel safe out there on the big bad Internet.
The fact that it is "free" is also a major factor, and I would imagine it is for most people, which is why I am always amazed that The Omni Group sell a program called OmniWeb for $14.95, (about £8). OmniWeb is a web browser for the Mac, and is one of the last you have to buy, (Opera went free back in September 2005). As far as I can see, OmniWeb offers nothing, that Firefox can't do. Even Internet Explorer is getting there... bless....
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17 Jan 07
I have no doubt that my degree would have been harder to get were it not for the existence of Wikipedia, there is in fact a Facebook group called "All my medical knowledge came from Wikipedia", which states;
Every ounce of medical knowledge we have was obtained from Dr. Wikipedia. She's quick, intelligent, always available to answer our questions, and best of all.... she NEVER pimps us....
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