Friday night was my Stag Night, kindly organised by by good friend Chris. He and my other groomsman Grant attended, as did various other chums. I requested something civilised, since I’m old enough that the prospect of hookers and drunkenness[1] fills me with an emotion that I’m…
So, as was my custom, I was thinking about operating systems the other day. It occured to me that after my first two computers (a ZX81 and a ZX spectrum), I had a Commodore Amiga. This was around 1986 or so. Used it right through to the early 90s. The…
[MojoBob] jsr: aren’t you supposed to be getting married or something? It’s February [jsr] Affirmative. [jsr] Wedding looming. [@jenza] Where you holding it? [@jenza] Ironforge? [jsr] jenza: Man, that would be _sweet_. [@rob2] Only if you could book it out. [jsr] On the AH bridge [jsr] FTW [@jenza]…
Annette moved to the edge of a sheer, icy cliff and paused a moment, surveying the battlefield below. Even at this height, she could hear the noise of the Lich Kings’ undead forces clashing with the combined might of the Alliance and the Horde. She thought back on the countless…
My iPhone has started being normal volume in the left channel, and really quiet in the right channel. This behaviour persists through several sets of headphones (and headphones perform normally on other audio devices) and through a complete iPhone restore, including firmware. I .. I think it’s actually … broken. Can…
As I write this, Annette and I are watching the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which I acquired because I thought it would be funny. It is. There are hosts, and singers, and cutaways to video clips which showcase various participating countries. You’ve probably got a mental picture of a…
So, we bought our wedding rings yesterday. They’re being resized now, and will be ready in a week or so. Annettes was not so bad, but mine needed to be resized to an absurd level to fit the mighty paws I use to scoop salmon out of rivers and…
Todd Peters, VP of marketing for the Windows Mobile Division said that while Microsoft was looking into beefing up WinMo’s features, its strategy for the new year was to limit the number of devces using the OS. Right now about 140 cellphones use WinMo. Peters said Microsoft is hoping…