Palm
Saturday, October 30, 2004
I used to use one of these Palm m100's. I loved it. It did everything that several gadgets I've had since have claimed to do. Only it did it quickly, cheerfully, without crashing and generally better than anything I've had since. Having found it in the cellar the other day I am tempted to promote it back into everyday use.
My experiences over the last couple of years have proven one point - convergence devices are nice in principle but simply won't succeed until they develop to the point where each function is actually as good as the single-function products they are designed to replace. My recent iPod mini purchase was largely down to the lousiness of my Smartphone's own MP3 player - I didn't want to carry another gadget, I just wanted the MP3 player built-in to my phone to be half-decent. Oh and the supplied headphones (the only ones that will work with the phone) not to fall out of my left ear every 20 seconds.
I've been finding myself wanting to ditch my Smartphone and buy an old Nokia 8210 just because I long for the simplicity. I don't want all the hassles anymore. I don't want to worry that everytime I plug my phone in to the computer it will crash itself and/or the computer, or decide to wipe all my Contacts/Appointments, or reset itself to factory settings. I am tired of that.
Of course, give me a device that does converge all the functions I want (email, contacts, appointments, phone, camera, Bluetooth, GPRS) and that actually works and I'll be happy. Think I'll be asking Tim for a decent review of his C500 soon to see if it's up to the job.
Anyway, I've digressed a little from where I was going - what I wanted to show you was this. Essentially, my old Palm, in a watch, but with a processor that goes twice as fast. Tempting, very tempting.
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Friday, October 29, 2004
Arse, arse, arse, arse, arse, arse.
I just waited 80-odd minutes for the poorly machine to boot up, only to find that the hard drive in it that I need to get some files off in order to restore it to its former greatness isn't even plugged in!
Am going to bed now in disgust.
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For anyone that's ever rented a furnished house
and from the same stable comes the W*nkometer. Use it to confirm, or dispel, the idea that you work for w*nk company - or at least one with a w*nk website
OK, so the A-Team movie is a "Go" apparently. There's been some debate as to who should be cast. So while I sit and wait for a machine to reboot here's my suggestions:
Hannibal - Pierce Brosnan (well, he needs a job and it would be good to have a Brit as a "goodie" for once)
Murdoch - only one choice, Jim Carrey. Although quite whether he feels it would sit with his current image is another question
Face - Colin Farrell (one for the ladies)
B.A. - Frank Bruno, just for the sheer hell of it (and let's not forget his panto acting experience). Am not too sure how handy he'll be when it comes to welding metal plates onto a hatchback to turn it into a tank though
Col Decker - Gene Hackman or Harrison Ford
Girl-in-distress-who-calls-in-A-Team-to-save-her-ranch/house/dad/brother/shop/car/dog - Sophie Raworth (big screen debut, would have to be complete with big hair but I feel she could carry this off with a sophisticated air of grace and dignity)
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Absolute disgrace
This week site has mostly been slightly pictureless due to a combination of hardware failures. Would have been back up and running quicker, but frankly I'm a busy man and haven't had the time. Hope to have full operability restored this weekend. Oh, and if you've been emailing any @eggsareevil.com addresses they've been down as part of this failure as well. I am just hoping I can restore the backup file I have, or we're back to square one!
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Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Something about "chicken" and "milk" I think. But NOTHING to do with me. French tosser.
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Crisp/Savoury Snack Review 10
They're back. And, yes they do....
Manufacturer: Walkers
Product: Monster Munch Turns Your Tongue Blue Pickled Onion
Bag size: 25g
Fat: 6.3g
Calories: 124
Manufacturer's Description: "Turns your tongue blue pickled onion flavour baked corn snack"
Not much to say really, they're your standard pickled onion Monster Munch, except when you eat them they turn your tongue blue. I may have just imagined it, but I thought there was a metallic aftertaste. Brilliant.
Score: 8/10
Jane says: You're not having them in the house, God knows what they've got in them to make your tongue turn blue. That's just not natural.
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Scale
Friday, October 15, 2004
Forgot to include a reference for scale of cookie. Here is the spider next to a twenty pence piece.
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Cookie
Ginger with jelly spider.
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Back again
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Back up and running again. Guess I won't be hitting my uptime targets this month...
Still, new (faster) machine acting as firewall and we're all systems go till the next thing breaks.
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Website may look a bit plain and without pictures as, like Chris, I have suffered a hardware failure. I will hopefully be buying new parts at lunchtime.
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Aquileia
Sunday, October 10, 2004
At long last I have finished touching up the photos from our week in Aquileia (the camera still has dust in it). They can be found by following the link on the right, or by clicking here
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Want to work for Google? Take their aptitude test here.
Make your own face
Men-only genius
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Friday, October 08, 2004
Give it back
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Lost & Found
On my way to work this morning I found a driving licence and other bits and bobs belonging to one Gareth Freeman. If you know this particular student, kindly tell him that I have rented 6 Xbox games on his video card that I have no intention of returning and that I have posted the rest of his stuff to his home address in Northwich.
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Waitrose comes to Sheffield
In a blaze of publicity the old Safeway store opened it's doors as a fresh new Waitrose yesterday. Rumours had been circulating that it wouldn't be ready in time. Others said that Jodie Marsh would be opening it. Neither was true.
We took the inaugural lunchtime trip. We wished we hadn't. It was packed. Anyone would think that they were giving the stuff away. I've never seen the car park there more than 1/3 full, yesterday you couldn't get in. Inside, new lighting and shelves and a slight tweak of layout don't seem that different. It was odd to note that the same slightly grubby ceiling remained, just with a few new lights dangling from it. I forgot to look at the floor. I bought my lunch (having eaten my pack-up mid-morning). It wasn't as expensive as everyone seemed to think it would be. Oh, and tuna bagels are allegedly quite reasonably priced as well.
Today, it is still packed. Is the average Sheffielder's life really so dull that a newly rebranded supermarket can cause such pandemonium? Apparently so. Have these people not got jobs to go to? Maybe there are just many more people like the lady in the silver Jaguar XK8 (with nice wheels) who turns up at Green's each morning and appears to spend all day working out. I want a life of leisure like that. Nay, I deserve that life!
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The Penny Drops...
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Recently we saw Sony announce support for MP3 in their forthcoming products. Whether or not MP3 is a good format is a big argument, but what's undisputed is that it is the dominant electronic format. Sony's move to support it (as well as their own format) was well overdue, but showed that even global companies can change their minds.
Sony (or a division of) also recently announced that they would stop selling copy-protected audio discs in Asia. Another triumph for common sense.
Today we read about a small record label that seems to have hit the nail right on the head. A record company that finally understands what people want. I so hope they succeed. And I hope that the Big Boys sit up and take notice. This is how we want to be treated - as paying customers, not criminals.
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iTagg started slowly, but seem to have hit upon a winner with this
On another matter entirely, I have recently discovered sunflower seeds as my "at desk" snack of choice. Someone recently suggested that these were in fact hallucinogenic. I have yet to find conclusive proof of this. If anyone has any, please let me know.
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