There is a windows nuisance which seems to be getting nearer crisis point. These are overheads, or if you like computer maintenance, which comprises of several wasteful mechanisms which sap you computer productivity, speed, responsiveness and your personal time. What I’m talking about is everything on your system that isn’t core to your service. There’s [...]
Archive > November 2009
Afghanistan on a Knife Edge
A lot of time has passed since 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. 8 years it is now. For far too long Iraq got the lion’s share of effort and attention. Perhaps that was necessary but it meant Afghanistan was neglected. When push comes to shove it was less important and also much harder. One [...]
Sarah Palin 2012
Sarah Palin will not win the 2012 election. A great deal has been made of Sarah Palin as presidential candidate in 2012 even before the end of the 2008 election. Many in the conservative world adore Sarah Palin and were naturally disappointed that she didn’t make it into government during that last US federal election. [...]
Riding the Google Wave
I got an invite from a friend and I am indeed thrilled to get a look at it. If you are one of the extremely lucky people who have escaped the hype and know nothing about Google Wave, allow me to corrupt you. Google Wave is a new communication tool; Real time – what you [...]
Fort Hood
By now everyone knows about the Foot Hood army base disaster in Texas, USA. 12 soldiers and one civilian lost their life when Major Hasan committed mass murder with a firearm. 42 more were wounded. I’ve refrained from saying too much because at first there was little to say that wasn’t loaded with speculation. I [...]
Remembrance Day 2009
In approximately 2 hours it will be time for a minute of silence. Today we remember the fallen of World War I. It’s Remembrance Day here and in other Commonwealth Nations. We observe silence for 1 minute at 11AM on this 11th day of the 11th month, and ‘The Last Post’ is played. Remembrance Day [...]
Password Overload
I’m sure I’m not the only one struggling with the maintenance of an enormous internal database of passwords. Well… enormous by human standards. I don’t know about you but I have passwords for a gaggle of online games, passwords for even more social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Some for Linux and Windows Admin. [...]
Map your Thoughts
When you want to explore ideas it’s often useful to use a graphical form. Because though text has flexibility and is often easier to create our minds seem to absorb graphics elements more easily. An obvious example is the conversion of reams of data into pretty graphs. It is in this graphical format that trends [...]
Googphilia
Lately been trying out several Google tools. Google has an experimental facility called Social Search that allows you to search your ‘social circle’ and hence get relevant search results out of your social networks by using public information in your social networking sites like facebook, twitter and blogs. It does require some configuration to set [...]
Kubuntu 9.10
I upgraded to this new version of Linux and I’m posting from it right now but this was not a smooth process. I used the GUI updater (from 9.04) and it failed at 99% downloads. Restarted it after a reboot and it worked this time. I have no idea what happened. To add insult to [...]