Warning for Vista Users
Microsoft have included the IDT High Definition Audio CODEC as an optional update within Windows Update. Installing it killed my audio as it has done for a number of other users. I’d recommend not...
View ArticleVodafone Again
In an earlier post I complained about Vodafone’s rapacious pricing of casual data rates ($11000 per GB). Now in the comments at this post from Rob Drury we get the Vodafone PR guy Paul Brislen boasting...
View ArticleRootiness
Ah, IT commentators, some of them are so young. About Microsoft: They’ve got this new “consumer” bug where they think they’ve got to be a player in every consumer market. I think they would be better...
View ArticleRhetorical Flourish
My first computer was a 1990 i386 with 2MB of memory and an 80MB hard drive, scrounged from the offices of a local shipping company. Complete with serial mouse, IBM Model M keyboard, and 15″ color VGA...
View ArticleMarket Calibration
Currently I’m prepared to spend (all NZ dollars): about $5-15 for an ‘album’ worth of music. But only if it’s high-quality and unencumbered digital files. I don’t want your bits of plastic or your DRM....
View ArticleMy Technology : Point in Time
The other day I was reflecting on the multitude of technological tools and services I use in the course of my day to day life. Some that seem vital to me today (e.g. Gmail) didn’t even exist a few...
View ArticleMy New Laptop
(This is another in my series of posts where I record my current feelings about technology in order to have something to laugh at in five years time. See also What I Use and Market Calibration.) I’m...
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Too much Press and Hold
I really like the way that the iPhone recognises phone numbers in emails and turns them into touchable links. But for ages I thought that all you could do was call the number. This used to really annoy...
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The Compleat Home Entertainment System – Updated
Three and a half years ago I documented my home entertainment system. I thought that people both technical and non-technical might appreciate the chance to see how someone else had done it. It’s time...
View ArticleMy List of iPhone Gripes
It’s the end of the iPhone era for me. I had been pretty impressed with the US iPhones that had leaked into NZ, and I bought an iPhone 3G on the first day they were available in NZ (using my own money...
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