Passionately opinionated

I couldn’t help feel guilty the other day. A colleague casually mentioned to me that he had a HP laptop. Straight away, I asked him how old it was. “12 months” was the reply. I jokingly told him that he had 2 months left on it before it committed firey suicide…

A rant of a different kind tonight…

Did you know, the first computer mouse was invented in 1964? Sure, it wasn’t anything like what we use today, but the basic concept was there. For some time now, mice have had 1 or 2 buttons. Later on came the scroll wheel. Now, with optical technology, wireless, and the addition of a few more buttons, the mouse is a technical marvel compared to the old ball mice of the 90’s.

Have you seen the new adverts for Windows 7 on the TV?  I’m a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea…
Microsoft are obviously trying to push the fact that they have listened to their painstaked users and are now responding.  Having not seen 7 in the flesh yet, I can’t really comment on it, however [...]

The source of most of my pain this week. Web standards, the only standard being set by this browser is “what not to do in the world of web browsers”. Websites that worked fine before IE8? Enter here…

An article by Charlie Brooker, of the Guardian. This bloke’s sense of humour appeals to me!

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I’ve been playing Guitar Hero on the PS3 for quite a while now.  I’ve never played a real music instrument, but I’ve just bought an electric guitar and intend (with the help of t’internet) to teach myself to play it.
Currently, the house is rocking to the tune of classics like, “a slowed down version of [...]

Today we woke up to a completely white Guernsey.  Guernsey hasn’t had proper snow in years, and needless to say, the entire island ground to a halt.  By about 3 in the afternoon, everything was closed.  I even saw 2 cars with snow chains on.  Snow chains, in Guernsey.
Still, at least all those people who’ve [...]

I’ve been using my iMac for 5 months now and I can honestly say, I am completely converted to the simpler way of computing.
Never have I had any trouble doing whatever I need to do, and it’s been perfectly reliable.  So much so, that i recently swapped my Windows mobile HTC mobile phone, to an [...]

Actually, that’s not true, but it got your attention didn’t it?
After much searching on the internet for the below issues, there is actually a known issue with quite a few laptops made by HP in which they eventually roast themselves to death.  A BIOS patch to combat this was released not so long ago, but [...]

Yes, I’m sorry, but that could be true.
“Why do you say that?”  I hear you say.  Well, because I’ve determined that HP laptops are actually programmed to self destruct after 14 months.
Now.  I’ve always been a fan of HP laptops.  I had 2 of the older generation, which lasted me for over 3 years, and [...]