Product placement gone wild
Films and TV need money to cover their extravagant budgets but is product placement the right way to cover those funds? Warning: media/bandwidth-heavy post.
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Pimp'd my graphics card
There’s something about shiny PC hardware I can’t resist. In my opinion, the shinier and harder to install it is, the better. Today saw the arrival of a Thermalright HR-03 Plus for my 8800GTS.
Does Linux really want Windows users?
Linux is often criticised for its over-enthusiastic community trying to convert everybody and their grandma. Today I saw another post asking why we should care if more people use it. In short: yes but I’ve got plenty of reasons to back this up…
10 Reasons Why Linux Ubuntu is Better than Windows
Rather than listing 10 genuine reasons, I’m taking these points from an idiot fanboy. I use Linux as my desktop operating system but these reasons are just amazingly flawed.
Diagnosis? Dying HD?
Possibly the worst noise that you can expect to hear as a user of a computer: a HD in the process of kicking the bucket.
Phorm is blatant copyright infringement
Phorm is the much criticized service that’s coming to the UK to provide some ISPs users. I’ve been slightly concerned about it since I found out my ISP was going to deploy it but I’ve now uncovered something that should make all web publishers worry: they’re stealing our ad revenue!
As much as I dislike Apple, the SDK looks cool
Watching the aftermath of the Apple event today, I couldn’t help but feel like my psyche is pulling me in several different directions.
digg's friend feature is a complete debacle
Many aeons ago, digg added a social aspect to their news site: friends. Hailing it as a new way to find news at a more personal level, it was seen as a good way to follow your favourite diggers. Now there’s a new game for would-be spammers: add whoever you can and shout your crappy submissions at them.
Adobe: Do as we say, not as we do
Adobe launched its Open Source initiative website the other day and I took at a look at the page. After highlighting some of the text as I read through it, I quickly realised I had stumbled through a warp-hole and landed in 1995. Warning: bad coding practices in this post!