Back in December I posted about my quest to find a multiregion capable HD DVD or Blu Ray player.It was a very frustrating quest, but not nearly as frustrating as the entire HD DVD vs Blu Ray format war. As a consumer I felt like "piggy in the middle".However, in the last couple of weeks the format war between HD DVD and Blu Ray seems to have almost drawn to a close, as Warner … [Read more...] about Multiregion Blu Ray – A Reality?
Plain English Please!
In the last 24 hours I've come across at least 5 new (and redundant) bits of technospeak jargon that do nothing to improve understanding, but everything to confuse people.Why can't people standardise terminology?Why do people insist on using terms they don't fully understand and probably get semi-wrong, thus confusing their interlocutor even further? … [Read more...] about Plain English Please!
DomainFest 2008 – Timely?
I'll be heading off to LA next week to attend DomainFest. (I mentioned some of the highlights on the company blog yesterday)While I was expecting it to be a fun event I wasn't expecting it to coincide so closely with the latest domain scandal - Network Solutions are up to no good! It seems like the internet industry gets over one bit of furore only for another one to come out … [Read more...] about DomainFest 2008 – Timely?
Cooking Doesn’t Have To Be Boring – But Does It Have to Be Expensive?
Over the last few weeks I've been buying bits and pieces for the kitchen. I bought some cheap cutlery last year to replace the even cheaper cutlery I already had, which, of course, replaced it's even cheaper and nastier predecessor. Do you notice a trend? That's three separate sets of cutlery in about 3 years! Now if I'd simply forked out (excuse the pun!) for some semi-decent … [Read more...] about Cooking Doesn’t Have To Be Boring – But Does It Have to Be Expensive?
Google Screwing Up Another Cool Service Post-Acquisition
I mentioned how much I liked Jaiku some time ago and then was shocked to see it had been nabbed by Google.It now seems that my fears were not without some grounds. Anyone using Jaiku regularly has probably noticed how slow the entire system has become in recent weeks and how so many of the cool features are either not working or extremely slow.It now seems that there are issues … [Read more...] about Google Screwing Up Another Cool Service Post-Acquisition