I’m back from a bit of a hiatus on Ejecutive, and from all writing and work in general after a particularly busy exam season. I’ll have a lot of posts planned, including a review of the Toshiba Qosmio G40 laptop with a (now defunct) HD-DVD writer, and a round-up on the new cameras and lenses [...]
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Sun Buys MySQL
January 16, 2008 – 4:37 pm
I think Sun knows that Java needs tighter integration with a specific database, like Microsoft’s .NET does with SQL Server, and bought MySQL. Perhaps even Java stored procedures in the future.
BAA Lifts One Cabin Bag Restriction
January 6, 2008 – 6:54 pm
BAA is lifting its one-bag restriction to carry-on luggage tomorrow for UK airports.
You still can’t carry on more than 100ml of liquids in a single bottle though, but Muji sell very handy and squeezable 100ml bottles.
Adium X 1.2
January 6, 2008 – 3:04 pm
New version of Adium X, which has quite a few improvements. As I only use MSN, the biggest one for me is that they’ve fixed the bug that showed MSN display pictures in a very low resolution.
Lightroom Export Plugin for Flickr
January 4, 2008 – 10:22 pm
Free Flickr export plugin for Lightroom from Jeffery Friedl.
Decapitated
January 4, 2008 – 8:52 pm
Photographs of adverts on the street that have been “vandalised” to look like the people in them have been decapitated.
SnuzNLuz Alarm Clock
January 4, 2008 – 5:04 pm
ThinkGeek is selling an alarm clock that sends a donation to an organisation you don’t like every time you press the snooze button. This must be a joke, especially with this text at the bottom:
Really Fine Print: ThinkGeek reserves the right to take up to a 50% commision on all donations made [...]
Intel Bails from OLPC
January 4, 2008 – 4:59 pm
Fake Steve on Intel’s decision to quit the OLPC project:
See, that’s how it goes with freetards. They’re like a bunch of guys with a weekend touch football team who go around talking smack about how they could totally beat the New England Patriots — and they could, as long as the [...]
Self-Publishing is the New Blogging
January 4, 2008 – 12:17 am
From Zeldman:
Enter Lulu, all slinky hips and clodhoppers. Self-publishing is the new blogging. No more compromises. No more external deadlines. No more heavy-handed editors and ham-fisted copyeditors. No more teachers, lots more books. You don’t need distribution, you’ve got PayPal. You don’t need stores: there’s only two [...]
You Get What You Pay For
January 4, 2008 – 12:13 am
Some seriously bad knockoffs of Pixar’s Ratatouille and Cars, called Ratatoing and The Little Cars. (Via MetaFilter.)
100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year
January 3, 2008 – 1:18 am
From the BBC’s Magazine Monitor, 100 things we didn’t know last year, including:
To be found attractive, women should sway their hips and men their shoulders
and
There is mobile phone reception from the summit of Mount Everest.
They also have lists for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Motherwell Captain O’Donnell Dies
December 29, 2007 – 10:15 pm
Motherwell midfielder and captain Phil O’Donnell collapsed and died near the end of their 5-3 win over Dundee United.
Tragic.
Photographs of Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination
December 29, 2007 – 1:53 pm
Spectacular photographs captured by Getty photographer John Moore of the final moments of Benazir Bhutto’s life, and the aftermath of her assassination.
The 50 Most Loathsome People in America
December 28, 2007 – 11:14 pm
A list compiled by The BEAST of it’s 50 most loathsome people in America, number 9 being “you”:
Charge: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for [...]
The Rise and Fall of Netscape
December 28, 2007 – 10:51 pm
After 14 years, Netscape Navigator is to be discontinued by AOL, who bought them for $4.2 billion in 1998.
IE8 Passes Acid2 Test
December 19, 2007 – 10:03 pm
The latest internal Microsoft build of Internet Explorer 8 now passes the Acid2 test. A big step in the right direction.
My Other Christmas Present is a Definition List
December 5, 2007 – 12:37 am
An excellent article by Mark Norman Francis on 24 ways, about why definition lists are almost universally misused and how to use them with the proper semantic meaning.
Activision and Blizzard in $18 Billion Merger
December 2, 2007 – 10:04 pm
The BBC:
The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry. Activision and Blizzard have said they will form “the world’s most profitable games business” in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).
Are You Getting Enough?
November 28, 2007 – 7:27 pm
The BBC Magazine:
“A 20-minute nap gives you an amazing boost, it’s much better than having a coffee,” says Dr Stanley. “Even closing your eyes for 20 minutes is better than nothing. “But in the UK it is culturally unacceptable for us to be found napping with our head on the keyboard. [...]