November 2009
19 posts
4 tags
ListenI think my hard drive is borked!
Nov 23rd
3 tags
Nov 23rd
“Why do service providers have to pay the cost for failed or failing business...”
– ISPs draw a line in the sand over piracy | TechCentral
Nov 18th
“Microsoft is a different company, a better company, than when I joined 5 years...”
– Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Thanks Microsoft, Hello Google
Nov 17th
“The problem with cashbook accounting is that it provides neither for yesterday,...”
– The Eskom Power Crisis - Mandy de Waal
Nov 13th
4 tags
1948
I heard something this evening from Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein that I haven’t heard before. According to the Torah, Abraham (as in one of Judaism’s - as well as Islam’s and Christianity’s - central figures) was born 1 948 years after Creation. The State of Israel’s independence declaration took place in 1948. There are varying accounts of Abraham’s...
Nov 9th
8 tags
Two very different memories of German history...
Today is the anniversary of two significant dates in German history that have impacted on the world in very different ways. CNN’s headline as I write this is the following: The Berlin Wall’s fall was an historic day and a clear sign that the Cold War had come to an end. It’s fall was also a symbol of liberation and a nation’s unity. It is a day worth commemorating,...
Nov 9th
2 tags
“Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something.”
– This quote reminds me of Google Wave and Lars Rasmussen’s comments about how the Wave team is standing back, waiting to see what people do with Wave rather than prescribe what they should do with it. Quotes about Opportunity
Nov 9th
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
Nov 5th
3 tags
Nov 5th
4 tags
Nov 5th
82 notes
5 tags
Nov 5th
4 tags
Nov 2nd
“NOW you can start to connect your own servers: Google Wave open for federation...”
– JesseNewhart
Nov 2nd
Poor Equipment for Pro Contact Sports
THE MAN HAS A POINT merlin: Now Up–to–Date & Contact [April 1997] It’s mind-boggling to me that both Gmail Contacts and OS X’s Address Book application lack many of the basic features that have been available in equivalent apps for 10 or more years. Back in the day, I was a big fan of the pairing of Now Contact and Now Up-To-Date. Starting around 1993 or so (?), and as the administrator...
Nov 2nd
39 notes
3 tags
Nov 2nd
926 notes