Something for the weekend, phperhaps

Just downloaded a couple of PHP editors – from here and here. Now all I have to do is remember how to program. Expect an ultra-powerful Alphadoku generator/solver by Monday.   That was a joke.

Analysts and alcopops

Its nearly the weekend. Last week, Duncan Chapple wrote a piece on analysts and wine. I said in the comments that I think he missed a few beverages, and I’ve added a few more here:   – real ale – a little nutty but better than the ordinary- lager – bland, but reliable- cheap whisky – [...]

Port forwarding

Doesn’t look like I’m going to get onto the San Diego airport network right now… https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_san-005&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_san-005&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_san-005&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_san-005&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_san-005&original_url= Get the picture?

Today I am mostly playing with…

- RSS Reader – neat, but requires .NET framework 1.1 – RSS Publisher – no clue how this works – Toshiba Bluetooth stack – “fun” getting bluetooth headset working with Sony laptop – iEx – who needs a Mac… – Synergy – multiple computers on a single desktop. Neat. – Second Life – could I/should I [...]

The latest in anti-navel gazing technology

I was starting to be very impressed with Qumana. Then, on my way over to San Diego, I indulged myself in a “why do I blog” post. You know that sort of thing – I’m participating, how cool is that, its a social revolution etc etc. It was a great post – lyrical, even poetic, [...]

del.icio.us on WordPress, anyone?

Quick question – could anyone let me know the easiest way of integrating a daily/weekly feed of del.icio.us bookmarks into WordPress? I can’t find an obvious answer in any of the obvious places.   Incidentally, as I get more into this blogging thing, I’m more and more convinced that the future of blogging is in tagging. [...]

Quoteworthy Itanium

My esteemed mentor and colleague Robin Bloor was quoted as saying the following about HP’s dogged determination to stick with the Itanium chip family: “Will Itanium ever really make it? It’s still too early to say, but it’s very late to be too early to say.” Great stuff. I love Itanium… it’s like the fat [...]

Online gaming as a social experiment

It is all to easy to abuse one’s position as an industry analyst and technology commentator. I’m not talking about backhanders from IT vendors with the unspoken promise of a mention. Rather, it is possible to steep oneself in the overflowing and delightfully warm spring waters of geekdom, claiming it somehow fits in the category of “research”. I [...]

Latest tool from last.fm

Of course, all you media junkies will have known about it for ages, but I didn’t, so there. There’s a feature of last.fm that allows you to have your personal charts displayed on your web site. How cool is that? I do wonder whether there’s a Heisenberg factor in last.fm, i.e. that listening preferences are [...]

PR 2.0

Once every few months I meet with James Cooper of AR/PR/MR firm Ascendant, just to chew the fat and see what’s happening on the other side of the fence. Inevitably this time, the conversation turned to blogging, in particular “the press release is dead” writings of Tom Forenski. I disagree, for what its worth – but [...]