Everybody who’s ever done any kind of work with computer hardware knows just how much of a pain in the backside dust buildup can be, and how potentially damaging it can be over time. That’s exactly why I was a more than a little surprised to see a clients computer come in from being repaired [...]
Blow Me – One Thing I Never Want To See If You Repair My Computer
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Don’t Want Caps? You Can Cancel AT&T DSL Service Without Early Termination Fees
April 18, 2011 By 9 Comments
I recently spent a lot of time explaining to an AT&T rep and even longer explaining to her supervisor (who frankly didn’t want to hear it), that because AT&T are imposing caps on their DSL service we should be able to cancel our service without incurring any early termination fees. The rep and supervisor were adamant that because we [...]
What People Don't Get About The iPad
January 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
Let me preface this post by saying that I will not be buying an iPad (not in the foreseeable future anyway). I own an iPod Touch and that is the end of my Apple affiliation. I’ve been reading all the complaints about the iPad: No flash, no multitasking, it’s just a big iPod Touch, it’s [...]
Still Relying On The Cloud?
October 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The concept of cloud computing is brilliant and I must admit to relying on the cloud for a lot of my day to day activities such as Gmail, calendar, Google voice etc… But then something happens and you realize that maybe the cloud isn’t quite the utopia it promises to be. Outages, network connections failing, [...]
Service Lets You TuneIn To Twitter
October 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
I’ve spent the last few minutes checking out TuneIn a cool new web based Twitter client that has some great new features such as separating the media out from you stream so your can see it more easily (see the screenshot below) and allowing you to make lists of people you follow and have them [...]
Defining professional
June 9, 2008 By 6 Comments
There are many different definitions or explanations for “professional”. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications … a person engaged in one of the learned professions an athlete who plays for pay engaged in by members of a profession; "professional [...]
250 tweets per week limit
November 27, 2007 By 5 Comments
It looks like from I’ll only be able to get 250 tweets sent to my phone a week from Twitter for the foreseeable future. There is a weekly limit of 250 messages per week on the UK long code There is no limit on incoming updates to Twitter from your mobile phone, however, you’re limited [...]
Not today
May 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This has not been the best start to a week ever. My internet connection went down yesterday evening at around 6pm and didn’t return until around 11:30 today. TDC (my currently service provider) are absolutely useless so I’ve decided to go with a new provider. I have a couple to choose from and will do [...]
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