Category Archives: General
Wired? Tired? Expired.
Glyn Moody pointed out an awful article written by Chris Anderson (of Long Tail infamy) and Michael Wolff, “The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet”. It is almost Nick Carr-esque in its pursuit of overwrought claims with little to no … Continue reading
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Tagged chris anderson, glyn moody, Internet, michael wolff, nick carr, web, wired
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Packet and Denby
This is Packet. This is Denby. I mention in the video that it’ll end up being “like TweetDeck”. I breezed past that a tad too quickly — it’s definitely not going to be an HTML5 clone of TweetDeck! (Turns out … Continue reading
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Tagged denby, html5, javascript, nodejs, packet, scooter, socket.io, Twitter, web development, websockets
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Happy 7th birthday, Linode!
Perhaps this is a familiar refrain for some readers… but I’ll say it again: Linode rock! On their 7th birthday, they are giving current and new users a huuuge RAM upgrade — around 42% on average. From humble beginnings as a … Continue reading
Why I’m excited about Palm’s webOS
I have been a Palm fan for a very long time. My first PDA was a PalmPilot Professional, which eventually led to the m100 (AA batteries!), my first Palm OS phone, Pia’s hand-me-down Tungsten W, the Treo 650 and finally, my … Continue reading
Ubuntu’s Bleeding Edge, an act of niche journalism
I’ve been struggling to write anything of consequence at all recently… but apparently the best way to get back on the horse is to write what you know, so I have embarked on what might be described as an act … Continue reading
Facebook Zucks
Facebook sucks? Nah, man: Facebook Zucks! Download the whole CC-BY collection — includes SVGs! (ZIP, 89KB)
Clarke and Dawe on the world’s lending merry-go-round
Clarke and Dawe on the 7:30 Report last night, for my international readers: “How can broke economies lend money to other broke economies who haven’t got any money, because they can’t pay back the money the broke economy lent to … Continue reading
Lay your bets on the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid lynx) trend spike
The Ubuntu world is gearing up for the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid lynx) next month, and I suspect (or at least dearly hope) Canonical is lining up the ducks for something of a marketing blitz once it lands. … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, fedora, google trends, Linux, lts, lucid, lucid lynx, opensuse, Red Hat, suse, Ubuntu
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A rocking present from Pia
Right on the heels* of St Patrick’s Day — and you know how I love my green; shoes in particular — Pia found me a rocking present…
This is not a New Year’s Resolution
It began as long as a year ago with a bit of anti-sugar advocacy from Denise, my mother-in-law… She suggested I read Sweet Poison, which is basically an Australian pop-science rediscovery of John Yudkin‘s Pure, White and Deadly — published … Continue reading
