This afternoon, STARSCREAM, my trusty Windows 2003 server, breathed his final breath. He was due to be replaced but I did not yet have all the parts to build a new server. Sad times.
One of the big problems with which I was immediately faced is this: due to being an idiot, I had made several [...]

I have been working on some new sites and designing them with the 960 Grid System, and I am officially in love. It drastically reduces the effort required to layout a page, and also reduces the amount of maths that you have to do in your head. To completely eliminate the maths, I have created [...]

The BBC’s biggest mis-step this year in their otherwise excellent Formula 1 coverage is Jonathan Legard.
His commentary just doesn’t work: it’s repetitive, he frequently gets things wrong, and he’s generally just not entertaining. Martin Brundle seems to put up with him, but if I hear his tone right, doesn’t think he’s doing a great job [...]

Content is not available in my region.
Fuck you and your region. Typical “we are the world” US-centric bullshit.
Hulu seems to be a digital remnant of the old school network model. They’re trying to make themselves the default, easy option for US people to view US content, and thus retain their existing advertising models, by claiming [...]

I just got an email from FolderShare the other day, here it is, emphasis mine:

Dear FolderShare user,
We’re contacting you to let you know what’s next for FolderShare, and to make you aware of some important changes.
In December, we plan to announce a product called Windows Live Sync. You can think of it as FolderShare 2.0. [...]

I’ve been brewing over QoS for a while now, and I’m ready to render judgement.
It wasn’t a great movie. It was very nearly not even good.
Let’s see… what went wrong?
Well: Casino Royale set an impossibly high bar, is the short version.
Casino Royale delivered (for Bond) realism and authenticity in its action sequences, a compelling and mildly [...]