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Oh oh oh, Amadeus…
So, the information is out in the public domain. I’ve dusted the cobwebs off TechWhimsy because I have been selected to be a “social reviewer” as part of the Australian telco Telstra’s Social Review program. This time, the phone under … Continue reading
Blowing off the cobwebs
There’s a lot of dust on this dank and mildewy piece of web real estate. The cobwebs are coming off for a reason that will be a lot of fun for me. Something wicked this way comes…
Migration in progress
If things go flaky in the next few days, I’m in the process of moving TechWhimsy from GoDaddy to Media Temple. So if you find things missing or comments disabled, don’t panic. In theory this should be somewhat painless. Things … Continue reading
4 Reasons why Windows Vista is better than XP
Windows Vista has attracted a lot of heat since its launch in January 2007. It’s been called out for nagging users with the User Account Control (UAC), being a resource hog, being slow, having an unfamiliar interface, incompatible with legacy … Continue reading
What ever happened to the Mars500?
In June of 2007, the European Space Agency (ESA) issued a call for all interested suckers candidates for the Mars500 research project. The experiment was to be run by the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (site complete with broken graphic … Continue reading
