April 25, 2007
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Oh yes if you've ever been to Best Buy in America, you can't help but notice the geek squad signs everywhere. Need a hand installing your DSL router, putting in memory, fixing your wireless, going to the toilet, feeding yourself… - … Continue reading
April 24, 2007
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So first up I'm not that impressed with being invited to an event, turning up and not finding my name on the list. Then a slap in the face when I get hit with a bill for 35 pounds. Having … Continue reading
April 23, 2007
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Not many people turned up (maybe because of this thing) for Powerpoint Karaoke but those who did really enjoyed the night of belly aching laughter and ever so odd presentations. I have a few photos which I've uploaded to Flickr … Continue reading
April 19, 2007
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Single sign comes the way of upcoming.org. This time Yahoo! seems to have sweeten the deal with a free offer of a T-shirt. However its only available to America and Canada. Wouldn't it be great if Yahoo sent a load … Continue reading
April 19, 2007
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As previously mentioned on the backstage blog. Hackday.org is now official and you can sign up and grab yourself a ticket now. The dates are the weekend of the 16th – 17th June at Alexander Palace (yes now it makes … Continue reading
April 18, 2007
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From Backstage The BBC is looking for people to join a six-month trial in which 20,000 UK residents will get free access to hundreds of programmes from the BBC archive, including reports of historic events as they happened, ground-breaking documentaries, … Continue reading
April 15, 2007
by ianforrester
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There's changes on the way for geekdinners. Starting with PPT Karaoke The dinners are not changing, we're still planning on having them but maybe one every 1-2 months. I also won't be the only one hosting them now. I'm seeking … Continue reading
April 15, 2007
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I was searching for the new Ajaxy Xbox media centre web interface, but came across documentation for the Xbox media centre's HTTPAPI. Which means I can completely control my xbox via a pipeline interface. However there are issues. Its all … Continue reading
April 14, 2007
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I like what this is saying, however I'd like to see some more examples…From those good people at NewTeeVee. “What’s metadata?,” you might ask. Think of it as a layer of data describing content. In Joost’s example this could be … Continue reading
April 14, 2007
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Well not only eRDF but RDF generally, while reading Jeremy Keith's post about machine tags. For now, I’ve gone ahead and integrated Flickr machine tagging here… but this works from the opposite direction. Instead of tagging my blog posts with … Continue reading
April 14, 2007
by ianforrester
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The other day I was installing some new wireless points around the house. My very 1st generation Linksys 802.11b access point had pretty much had enough and needed to be put out of its pain. And the pocket Asus wireless … Continue reading
April 13, 2007
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Its been a long time coming but finally there is a London XSL user group starting. Its thankfully not run or setup by myself, instead Nic Ferrier and Otu Ekanem have taken it upon themselves to foster this user group. We met … Continue reading
April 11, 2007
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Sarah brought back a huge but very rich chocolate cake for my birthday. She even put numbered candles on it for me. I do love her so dear… Comments [Comments] Trackbacks [0]
April 9, 2007
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I've posted my old SPV M600 to ebay for the 4th ti now. Everytime I post it up, some scam artist tries to con me out of my phone. Well I'm fed up of readying the phishing emails and so … Continue reading
April 9, 2007
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Since Apple talked about the Apple TV or iTV I've been listening, but was deeply disappointed with the final product. When I was over in San Francisco I did pop into the Apple store to check out the Apple TV … Continue reading