Jonathan

It’s not about the bike

This week I’ve been reading Lance Armstrong‘s autobiography – It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life. Yes, I know it was published in 2000. You’d think that a cycling fan such as myself would have read it by now, but I never got round to it. However, I can strongly recommend theContinue reading “It’s not about the bike”

MSN Messenger is 10 years old

Well I never! From an advert on Hotmail I was linked to a page which proclaims that MSN Messenger (more recently known as Windows Live Messenger) is 10 years old. I would have guessed it was older than that. I can’t remember precisely when I first used MSN Messenger but I’m fairly sure it wasContinue reading “MSN Messenger is 10 years old”

Deprecated vs Depreciated

One thing that often annoys me, particularly in my line of work in IT is the frequent muddling-up of the words deprecated and depreciated. According to Wiktionary… Depreciate Verb (intransitive) To reduce in value over time. (transitive) To belittle Deprecate Verb (formal) to express disapproval of. (computing) to recommend against use of. (archaic) to prayContinue reading “Deprecated vs Depreciated”

last.fm

For a while now I’ve been using a service called last.fm. Basically it (a program called a scrobbler) monitors what music I listen to and compiles statistics. I only do it because I find statistics interesting, and often I surprise myself that I’ve listened to lots of an artist that I never really considered oneContinue reading “last.fm”

Mobile broadband in the sticks

I recently bought (and blogged about) an O2 mobile broadband USB stick. As I was on a camping holiday in a remote part of Pembrokeshire last week, I decided to take my Eee and the USB modem, just to see how it would work. I was aware that there would be no HSDPA coverage, sinceContinue reading “Mobile broadband in the sticks”

Camping in Pembrokeshire

Camping in Wales Well, it turns out that my fears were confirmed. It rained for most of the week. But despite this, we had a good time and I took quite a few pictures that I like. Some of these were also taken on my phone. The campsite We stayed at Rosebush Camping & CaravanContinue reading “Camping in Pembrokeshire”

Excessive precipitation

I’m going camping in Pembrokeshire tomorrow. Hannah and I planned to visit a number of picturesque places, and of course I shall be taking my camera in hope of finding some interesting pictures. However, I’ve just checked the weather forecast for the next few days… Not looking so good. Then I looked at the weatherContinue reading “Excessive precipitation”

Monophonic ringtones

I was just looking through some old (circa 1998) backups to see which ones were safe to throw away. I came across a text file containing some monophonic ringtones that have to be typed out on a Nokia phone! I don’t remember downloading them but presumably I obtained them for my Nokia 5210[1]. Of courseContinue reading “Monophonic ringtones”

The worst cabinet ever

Recently at work I had to go out on site to visit a comms cabinet. I followed the directions to the cabinet, but when I got there I found it was in a tiny closet, not deep enough for a rack. So it seems that whoever installed the network improvised. There’s an ancient 10Mbit hub,Continue reading “The worst cabinet ever”

Meltdown

The title “On not buying cheap crap” was a close runner up for this article. A few months ago I bought a set of flashes from eBay. The price was very low, and obviously I wasn’t expecting miracles. For around £130 I managed to get two 150W flashguns, two tripods, all the power and syncContinue reading “Meltdown”