Vodafones new “Red” ADSL2 network has launched. And it’s a big step in the right direction. I didn’t actually think so at first. Here’s what I wrote about their three broadband plans before I noticed the cool bit that I’ll mention later: –BEGIN 1) “Retarded”. $70/…
I am not feeling the love for very small laptops. There’s shitloads of them being released at the moment, and I’m really not sure who uses them. Not me, that’s for sure. If I want something really portable, that’s pretty much always on me, I have…
Up at 0600, so I can get to work for 0645, to make a customer-impacting network change at 0700 hours. A change which, annoyingly, didn’t actually work. For reasons which escape me at this time, but which I will be spending the rest of the day digging into. On…
Here’s an article from Stuff about a loser who beat up a police officer. From the article are as follows: “Like a character from Grand Theft Auto, the game he played compulsively, Tim Reid went on a rampage, stole a police car, and left a policeman unconscious and bleeding…
From an article in The Sun.. “[Theme park Alton Towers] has banned adults from using pocket computers – so they spend more time having fun with their kids. Any parent seen tapping on a PDA will have it confiscated by special wardens at Alton Towers.” I tried to get my head…
Did the signwriter not SAY something to the nice man from the Old Folks Association?…
From an article in the NZ Herald: “New Zealand broadband users are right up with the most internet-addicted nations in the world, spending on average 22 hours per week online, according to a new survey.” 22 hours/week? That’s, like, 3hrs/day. Amateurs. I mock their lack of commitment.…
It’s taken me hours to tear down my old computer area (I am graciously allowed a whole corner of the bedroom we keep desks and computers and whatnot in – the rest is taken up with the crafting of cute paperwork by the good folks at Nut and Bee) and…