Samsung A701 – this useless piece of rubbish that is masquerading as a phone
Kate Carruthers This stupid Samsung A701 mobile phone crashed again. Had to remove my battery & SIM card to reboot the phone again after a yellow screen of death. This is not…
December 2007
Crappy Telstra NextG network and Samsung A701 phone
It is difficult for me to find words adequate to express my unhappiness with Telstra’s crappy NextG network and the equally crappy Samsung A701 phone that I own. But I’m…
Online video and social networking big in 2008?
Suspect that video based social networking is about to take off in 2008. But of course, I could be wrong! During 2007 we’ve seen the consolidation of video sharing on…
Subprime crisis – Comments
It is always instructive to watch what a smart & successful company like General Electric* does and try to work out why they are doing it. Several years ago GE…
Why software testing is important – from New Scientist
Here is a story for those among us who do not believe that software testing is critical, this is from New Scientist’s Doh! Of Technology: Back to the futureIN FEBRUARY…
Seesmic
Finally got an invite to Seesmic last night from Loic and, of course my webcam is not working on my desktop. This means I will have to use the Mac,…
Techcrunch goes political with the US election
Techcrunch goes political with the US election, Michael Arrington explains: “TechCrunch wants to provide a voice for digital policy and technology issues in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, and so…
Unidentified LOLcat object
moar funny pictures via Aide-mémoire
Microsoft Office 2007 Upgrade
I recently upgraded to Microsoft’s Office 2007 and what a pleasant surprise it was! The upgrade process was really easy, the product itself has a really nice user interace, and…
Thomas Paine & the Declaration of the Rights of Man
I am reading Christopher Hitchen’s Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man: A Biography. Paine’s writings were highly influential in creating the world we know today, where equality before the law and…