Despite the scare tactics flying around about such diverse internet technologies such as Flash, AJAX and Java have just been bound by a patent recently issued to an obscure web development company, reason and sanity prevails here: Don’t panic.
But somehow I just don’t have the geek enthusiasm I once did.Don’t get me wrong, for the most part I love Apple products – as I’ve said many time I am measurably more productive using Macs compared to Wintel – but I am far more focused on what the technology allows me to do than the technology itself. My beloved powerbook enables me to do all the things I need to do to pay the rent.I am not even close to being ready for a new machine just yet, nevertheless it would be a brave man who shells out hard-earned money on a first generation machine with a new chip.
Friday December 23 2005: The prospect of a town centre visit on the Friday afternoon before Christmas is never going to raise much optimism. But with the only alternative to finish the final two prezzie purchases being a Christmas Eve town centre visit, today was something of a no-brainer. Chaos. Stress levels are high all [...]
The unbelievably accurate guide to starting skating by Neil Dixon Getting the skates on your feet and plucking up the courage to make an attempt at standing up is the easy part. The much more challenging part is in locating an appropriate area to skate in the first place. When searching for an area there [...]
Watch any interview with him, and you’ll soon realise that Brent/Gervais are one and the same and that disappoints me so much it turns me off his comedy.I’ve watched his standup and find it clumsy, forced and entirely lacking in comic timing…. Maybe one day I’ll meet the guy and change my mind – that’s always a joyful occasion (similar experience with Ikea springs to mind)But now, he’s going to podcast.
