Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people pretending they are the centre of the universe isn't Like-worthy — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. I'm too good to be tweeting.
Save the shelves: how to stream a movie collection
[4 comments] · 1938 words (vacuums up about 9 mins)I have hundreds and hundreds of DVDs taking up space on shelves in my living room. A huge investment that I don’t want to lose, and I love movies. Time to get my geek on and find a better way. Step into my parlour to see how I did it…
Digital bottlenecks
· 1077 words (kills about 5 mins)Throwing technology at the service industry to improve customer service is the trend du jour. But it seems that ill-conceived rollouts have negative effects on customer experience.
Erecting digital walls
· 1053 words (wastes about 5 mins)The internet operates without national boundaries. Countries and governmments operate within them. They see this as a problem. Here’s why.
My phone wants to kill me
· 154 words (sucks up less than a minute)Automated calls. We’ve all had them. But what do you do when they go wrong with rather comedic results?
When automation goes incorrect
· 214 words (sucks up less than a minute)Text to speech still has a way to go before it becomes broadly useful and not inadvertently funny, it seems.
Passport shenanigans
· 310 words (devours about 2 mins)Help! The government can’t locate me in a photo so I won’t be able to travel anywhere until they do.
My settings are mine
· 298 words (devours about 2 mins)Oi, Apple! When I set some user preferences, have the decency to honour them because it’s my choice, not yours.
Why you should never use your fingerprint to unlock your phone
· 827 words (vacuums up about 4 mins)Unlocking your phone with a passphrase, password or pattern takes time. Using your thumbprint is virtually instantaneous, and it’s guaranteed to belong to you, right? Wrong.
