Friday 26 February 2010

Even from a sports administrator this is abject schoolboy nonsense: http://ping.fm/vKaKv

Thursday 25 February 2010

This is the wrong time of day to be doing RWA calculations
Tell me my failings anonymously here: http://ping.fm/AGNJv

Wednesday 24 February 2010

MS Dhoni scored 30 off the last two overs, but nobody noticed because of 1 run Tendulkar scored at the other end.
Cricinfo is down. Not surprising given the Little Master's exploits...
Beware writing iPhone apps. It is the IE6 of our day. Be prepared to rewrite  when standards emerge @jobsworth @nauiokaspark
@bleiglass I use ping.fm to post to both Facebook and Twitter (and many others)

Tuesday 23 February 2010

As Robert Duvall said in Apocalypse Now: "Taliban don't play cricket"
Splendid win for Afghanistan chasing 494 to win. Nice to see them playing a 4-day match at all.

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Think YouTube commenters are dumb? Check this out: http://ping.fm/zAKkW
Reluctantly returning to TweetDeck. Why isn't there anything better?
Is there *anything* you can't do over port 80? What is the point of
corporate firewalls, especially in an age of 3G and municipal wi-fi?

Friday 12 February 2010

Just a quick test to see if this gets to Buzz

Monday 8 February 2010

By the way, I am a "Gold VIP" customer of Network Solutions. I dread to think how the "Joe Schmoe" customer gets treated.
"We are committed to creating the best Customer experience possible" but "Please do not reply to this email" networksolutions
Yes, Network Solutions, my sites are fine. That's because I spent all weekend moving them to another hosting provider.
Network Solutions engineers have just arrived at work. They were kind enough to let me know my website was running ok...
Still no word of explanation or apology from Network Solutions about this weekend's hosting outage.

Sunday 7 February 2010

Now I have a problem with Siteground. Let's see if their customer service is any better than Network Solutions...
I'll give Network Solutions another 24 hours to make me happy before I say what I'm currently thinking.
Moved my domains over to Siteground on the recommendation of @DynamiteJones. DNS is still replicating but we're back on the air.

Saturday 6 February 2010

My hosted web servers are all dead. Lets see if my solution
provider's customer service is up to scratch. I will name and shame if not.

Thursday 4 February 2010

There is no Wikipedia article on the D'Oliveira affair, just a brief bio and an even briefer mention in a Sporting Boycott article.
So what does the BCCI do with all its income? If I was a small boy in a rural community in India I'd want to know. http://ping.fm/yuy2o
Remembering the original Project @Jobsworth. Is there not a similar case to be made for being the first major corporate to move its productivity tools   over to Google Apps?
Blackberry App World fails to render on a Blackberry. And the download button doesn't work. doesnotcompute

Wednesday 3 February 2010

So what bit of the brain triggers those unwanted thoughts? Consciousness seems to be single-threaded but the brain clearly isn't
Sent from my BlackBerry� wireless device

Monday 1 February 2010

Mozilla: your Firefox Mobile site is unusable on my Blackberry, Windows Smartphone and IE6 browser at work. I want to improve my web experience but you're not making it easy.
Note to self: don't post to ping.fm from an email account that appends a massive disclaimer to every message.
Also, file syncing across multiple sites/laptops - moved from FTP using to SyncBack to Windows Live Sync. Very easy to set up and no problems so far geekweek

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My geek week also included assessing Google Apps and Windows Live Admin Center for domain email hosting - both very easy to set up and configure. Went with Google in the end.

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