Month: November 2006

  • YouTube's funniest video?

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    Via Liz Lawley and Scoble comes probably the funniest video I have yet seen on YouTube. I defy anyone not to laugh when watching this:

  • Too much choice is not (always) a bad thing

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    Joel Spolsky has written an interesting critique of Windows Vista where he points out that there are up to 15 ways to turn a Windows Vista computer off (I can think of a 16th – don’t license it and Windows will automatically disable your computer!). He goes on to suggest ways to trim the number…

  • Soapbox – Microsoft's YouTube killer?

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    Following on from YouTube’s success in garnering audience, Microsoft have rolled out their own video sharing site called Soapbox. Right now, the site is in closed beta but I applied for an account and had one on a couple of hours! The site runs out of Flash which means it looks very well, but it…

  • Komplett drags its feet on returns

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    I bought my dead on arrival Western Digital My Book Pro II from Komplett.ie. I ordered it on November 2nd. It arrived on November 17th. Dead. I applied for an RMA yesterday (November 20th). I still haven’t received the RMA over 24 hours after applying for it. There is no reason whatsoever why the RMA…

  • I love iRed Lite!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Who said I only write snarky posts? I came across a free program (I can’t remember where I saw it first – I thought it was on Chris’ site but I can’t find any reference to it there now) called iRed Lite and I love it! The idea is very simple – take the IR…

  • Western Digital My Book Pro Edition II sucks!

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    I bought a Western Digital My Book Pro Edition II external hard drive recently. This is a 1TB external drive. It wasn’t cheap. It was delivered last Friday and I went about installing it on Saturday. It doesn’t work. The lights come on when it is powered up but it doesn’t appear on the computer’s…

  • A-list blogger

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    It appears I am an A-List blogger! Just goes to show they haven’t set the bar very high, have they?!!! Via the blog friends I met at the Brussels blogger’s dinner. I see Pat Phelan blogged about this too.

  • Microsoft Belgium gigs

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    The presentations I gave to Microsoft Belgium this morning went really well and I received tremendously positive feedback. I have been asked not to talk about the content of the talks so I can’t say anymore about those. I met some cool people there. Dave and Tom organised the event, and ran it really smoothly,…