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Gigahertz, megapixels, utter idiocy

I love what we can do with technology, I love what we can do today and I’m looking forward to tomorrow. But the biggest and most obvious sign of the march of technology is often the worst way to judge it. People like numbers, people will buy something that’s 1.2 not 1.1, or 200 not [...]

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oxygen84

It’s been 10 years since I’ve settled on the alias oxygen84, now I have a near internet-wide monopoly on that particular string. I can say it’s been more than 10 years with absolute confidence since before I was oxygen84 I was oxygen15, I’m now 26 years old and a few weeks before my 16th birthday [...]

One view of cloud computing

A scenario set in the near future: Monday morning Jo comes into work, a little more dishevelled than she would like and later than she realises. She walks past her colleagues trying not to look incongruous, they had been been tracking her location on Jackie’s desk (since Jackie was the only one with permission), so they knew exactly when to expect her anyway. Jo’s desk [...]

Mumble

My server direct link (if that doesn’t work use address: mumblenode.com port 64738) My server overview If you don’t already know, Mumble is an open source, cross platform, online voice chat application.

Android vs. iOS

First a little background; I’ve gone from a Siemens S45, Sony Ericson T610, a Sanyo S750, a Nokia N80, then an iPhone 3G (the day it was available in the UK). Now I’m enjoying the Nexus One with Android. I find it really hard to say that one is better than the other, which is [...]