It was with great excitement that me and a colleague watched Steve Jobs’ iPhone 4 key-note speech. Multi-tasking in particular is a feature that adds a great deal of extra functionality to the phone. The key-note was fantastic, and 45 minutes in, we were left chuffed to bits that we’d bought the right phone, and [...]
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Steve Jobs, marketing genius, or complete and utter b******?
Posted: 5th May 2010 by Ben Fallaize in Apple, Rants and RamblesComments Off
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I’m writing this while waiting for my Playstation 3 to perform an update. For those of you that don’t own a PS3, it offers a feature called “install other OS”. This has long been used for Linux by users who either wanted to use the PS3′s vast power as a nice PC, or people who [...]
What do you do when all 4 wheels fall off the wagon at once?
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Ben Fallaize in Programming, Rants and RamblesComments Off
The last 2 weeks have been a nightmare. To run a successful e-commerce website, you need a good domain name, a well built site, an easy to use payment system, and an efficient pick and pack system. Having finished 2 websites 2 weeks ago we were ready for launch. Cue website 1. Time to change [...]
The HP virus strikes again
Posted: 1st December 2009 by Ben Fallaize in Rants and RamblesTags: featured
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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…
Why mess with convention?
Posted: 3rd November 2009 by Ben Fallaize in Apple, Rants and RamblesTags: featured
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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.
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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, [...]
Internet Explorer 8
Posted: 24th October 2009 by Ben Fallaize in Rants and Rambles, WindowsTags: error, featured, ie8, internet explorer
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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…
A fantastic mac/windows article
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Ben Fallaize in Apple, Rants and Rambles, WindowsAn 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 [...]
Snow in Guernsey?
Posted: 2nd February 2009 by Ben Fallaize in Rants and RamblesTags: guernsey, snow
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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 [...]