Phone Companies May Soon Block Skype Nov 09. 050
Phone Companies May Soon Block Skype (and other VOIP services).
Grrr, argh… hmph.
One step forward, two steps back.
Third gen Squeezebox Oct 25. 050
Slim devices have just announced the third gen Squeezebox, designed by Fred Bould the new form is just stunning. Where the 1st and 2nd gen Squeezbox’s were plastic and clunky this regains some of the poise and character which the 1st generation SliMP3 player had.
The design combines brushed aluminium, solid steel and a highly polished surface through which you can view the 320×32 pixel greyscale display. Excellent, I want one!
Mac newbie seeks Mac guru for short term relationship Jul 04. 0510
On Friday I finished up at Mirashade and today was my first day at my new place, Bite CP.
The most significant change for me is that at Bite right now I’m using a Mac, I think it’s a dual G5 with about 1.5Gb of RAM, so not bad by any stretch of the imagination. However… as a Mac ‘OSX’ newbie I could really do with some tips. I’ve already sussed the whole ‘Exposé’ thing but I really need some more tricks up my sleeve if I’m going to make passers by go ‘oooh’ and ‘aaah’ as I work my magic (hmm).
Please help me. Tell me about the great shortcuts you use everyday, the software you just cannot live without for web development, which IM and Mail clients you use and finally… is it tricky to set up an IMAP server? Hmm… maybe that’s one for another day.
Adobe to acquire Macromedia Apr 18. 050
According to Macromedia.com and Adobe.com as of the 18th of April Adobe is to acquire Macromedia!
Wow! Something I thought I’d never see happen. God only knows what this means for the Macromedia product line (Fireworks in particular) but it’ll sure be interesting to see what these two giants can deliver together.
Update: Kevin Lynch (Chief Software Architect at Macromedia) has a positive spin on the Macromedia acquisition on his blog.
e-receipts? Mar 31. 053
So, recently I’ve been thinking about the concept of ‘e-receipts’. It must be said, I’ve done no research into whether something like this is already in the works, if it is, great. In the meantime here’s my take on the idea.
In the UK most people now have ‘Chip & Pin’ Credit and Debit cards. This means that you no longer sign for purchases but instead enter your pin via a keypad.
While this has helped to ‘streamline’ the whole paying for goods process you still end up waiting ages for the cashier to print out your ‘paper based’ receipt (Chug chug chug, rip). What if your receipt was simply transmitted back to your bank or credit card company and made available for you to retreive if required via your usual online banking interface?
If you really needed a paper receipt you could still request one, but I bet most people shove that little bit of paper in their jacket pocket only to bin it a few days later.
Guess what, I just googled ‘e-receipts’ and found this. Looks like someone got there about a zillion years before me.
Must remember to google journal entries prior to spouting them upon my readers in the future.