March 8, 2011
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The eternal quest for monitor space took a step forward today, as I took delivery of a Kensington Universal Multi-Display Adapter. I already have a couple of 20” monitors, the excellent Dell UltraSharps, running at 1600×1200; only one is a … Continue reading
September 9, 2009
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By and large, server products don’t excite me; they are utility things, there because they have to be. I may be changing my mind though. Over the last few weeks I’ve reorganised my servers, virtualising many of them and … Continue reading
October 2, 2007
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Well, not so much new really. The technology (betavoltaics) has been around for 50 years and in this form was discussed a couple of years ago, but could it be that we’re now about to see batteries that will actually … Continue reading
September 21, 2007
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The worlds biggest intellect has started blogging. His first post, an extensive rant on mobile phones. Interesting reading. The best bit though, is the sidebar titled “Design Matters” (about 3/4 of the way down) – his context is the phones, … Continue reading
June 8, 2007
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Alex put me onto these guys, so Kudos where it’s due. Yesterday I ordered a new monitor from ITC Sales, one of those places that do discount kit. A couple of minutes ago it arrived. Exceedingly cheap and very fast. … Continue reading
May 27, 2007
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I think I’m coming to the conclusion that RAID can be more of a problem than the ones it tries to cure. I’ve long been a fan of RAID, having used it in the mid-90′s on corporate servers, when it … Continue reading
May 25, 2007
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There’s a growing trend of enlightenment happening, but not to the big boys. I’ve been away quite a lot recently, on the West coast of Ireland, training ASP.NET. The first trip was in Tralee, in a smallish hotel with a … Continue reading
April 18, 2007
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So a nice communication from Amazon today about my missing order. Actually I lie, the mail wasn’t nice, essentially blaming me, saying that the delivery times are only an estimate and I should check with my neighbour. It then gave … Continue reading
April 17, 2007
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A week or so ago I bought a few CDs from Amazon; one item came, the others are due for delivery, possibly tomorrow. Or possibly not at all. The Amazon ordering system is great and usually works well, but today … Continue reading
February 19, 2007
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Some time ago I signed an online petition banning DRM, to which I have just received a reply from the government. Well, some cluless nobody, since it’s not signed and contains the following: However, DRM does not only act as … Continue reading