….then I suggest you give their tech support line a call, and ask to be put on hold. It’s where I am right now, and here’s the music they’ve played at me so far: 1st – Horrible live version of "Every Breath You Take", featuring an extended bit where Sting does ‘shout outs’ to hisContinue reading “If you still think Apple are cool…”
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Wallpaper images: a quest
Speaking of what makes a good wallpaper image, Vanity Fair has an article up about one writer’s crazed quest to track down the location of Windows XP’s “Autumn” background. [via Engadget]
Wallpaper Images
I first learned that Microsoft had approached a Flickr user to supply some of the standard wallpaper images included with Vista a while ago, but that little nugget of info has re-appeared today on Ars.Technica. I think it’s worth linking to the Flickr photoset from which MS bought two of the images that you canContinue reading “Wallpaper Images”
The best thing about Twitter
Want to know what the best thing about Twitter is? Darth Vader sends you text messages. Everyone’s favourite Sith lord has a rather nicely designed (or should I say ‘most impressive’) Twitter page, here. The force is strong with him – add him as your friend today!
IPTV’s biggest problem
IPTV, or to give it a name rather than an acronym, TV over the web, is currently a very hot topic – whether it’s industry / IP clashes (of which this is just the latest in what will certainly be a long and tedious series of legal maneuvers) or technology ideas like Joost, a lotContinue reading “IPTV’s biggest problem”
The Digital SLR Camera Conundrum
Ever since I started using Flickr and got my own digital camera, I’ve been getting more and more into photography. It might be the competitive impulse that Flickr’s well documented game-like elements introduce (Flickr originally began life as a game called Game Never Ending), or the fact that once you’ve got a digital camera andContinue reading “The Digital SLR Camera Conundrum”
Lost In Translation: Translator Etiquette
Pretty much all the IT hardware I see at work comes from outside the UK, and while some of it is designed in the US, a good deal comes from Taiwan. Despite the fact that I’ve met plenty of Taiwanese through work, and the fact that my Chinese doesn’t really go beyond ‘ni hao’ (andContinue reading “Lost In Translation: Translator Etiquette”
Top 10 Unique Game Controllers
Another article of mine is up at Bit-Tech – a top 10 list of ‘unique’ game controllers: “There’s only so far you can go with a traditional gamepad. A few talented, brave and frankly bonkers designers have managed to convince and cajole their corporate paymasters into creating a special, unique add-on controller, solely for theirContinue reading “Top 10 Unique Game Controllers”
Dream PCs
Custom PC Issue 37 is out, which features our annual ‘Dream PCs’ competition. We invite four top PC building companies to submit a no compromise PC – so there’s no budgetary constraints, we just want the most amazing computer going. This year, we asked four companies to enter – Scan, Vadim, Quiet PC (all UKContinue reading “Dream PCs”
Web 2.0 and Bauhaus
If it’s as good as the US version, it will be worth keeping tabs on the Tech CrunchUK blog. As Sam Sethi writes in his first post there, which went up yesterday: "Where are all of the UK start-ups? Besides the tenuous UK links to the success of Skype and the deservedly and often quotedContinue reading “Web 2.0 and Bauhaus”
The Wired Jester 