Over the weekend I discovered what was eating up most of my hard drive space and a few people made some suggestions via the comments here and also on Facebook. I didn't realise that a lot of network storage devices supported iTunes (and similar), so I hadn't done much research into my options. Based on what people were saying I went off and found that Iomega had several … [Read more...] about Home Network Storage Problem Solved (Hopefully!)
I Might Have Too Much Music!
I listen to music on my desktop machines pretty much all the time. While I have bought a few tracks via iTunes I'm still buying physical CDs. Recently I've been using Spotify quite a bit, but I still like being able to listen to the music that I have in my own collection. My desktop machine in the office has a pretty large hard drive, so this isn't an issue. Unfortunately my … [Read more...] about I Might Have Too Much Music!
How News Works
Someone posted this graphic on Facebook over the weekend and while it's about science news it's probably just as true about any type of news. The original is here … [Read more...] about How News Works
Visualising Social Via Intel
Intel have done a few interesting things with social media in the past. One of their tools does an interesting job of sucking in Facebook, Twitter and Youtube and generating a visualisation or infographic of your personal social media activity. Whether it's a reflection of you or not will probably depend on how much you actually share via social media sites Here's … [Read more...] about Visualising Social Via Intel
Some Lessons Learnt From My Burglary
As I mentioned recently I was the victim of a break-in and burglary. I'm still trying to sort out the insurance claims, so I honestly do not know at this stage how that will pan out. I have, however, learnt a few interesting things. Some of these lessons are specific to Ireland, while others are probably applicable anywhere. Reporting the break-in to the police … [Read more...] about Some Lessons Learnt From My Burglary