Posted on November 11, 2004 by Richard
I took my PowerBook into the shop today.
A couple of months ago one of my cats knocked it off the sofa. Ever since the display has been loose, creaks when it opens, and the latch won’t easily lock. I took it to NextByte who ordered in replacement hinges. They arrived last night and I whipped [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2004 by Richard
“Produced by Jupiter Research the analysis of the portable media player market found only 13% of Europeans want to watch video while out and about”. Which makes sense, I totally agree. I’d rather have a large screen to view video, and stick to audio content on the move. Steve Jobs has being saying this for [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2004 by Richard
Impressively, the Blogosphere gets its own section in CNN’s coverage of the U.S. Election.
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Posted on November 2, 2004 by Richard
This’ll be interesting to watch over the next few hours. Technorati has provided a feature for bloggers around the world to vote for or against Bush or Kerry. Given that the blogosphere seems to be firmly skewed toward being Democrat, I think we’ll see Kerry win this poll easily. However, what will be more interesting [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2004 by Richard
Given that a good deal of people have just started writing for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). “Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30″.
Given that great characters are part of a great story, I thought it might be a good idea to help [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2004 by Richard
Tama, our local expert on Blogs and Universities, has started testing Podcasting. I’m keeping an eye on it so when he goes beyond Homer Simpson quotes I’ll be ready.
Tama, when you’re close, let us know your hardware/software run down. Should be interesting.
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