Fixing a corrupted/deleted partition table
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Tech issues | No Comments »About a month ago, while trying to upgrade to Windows 7, I managed to wipe the partition table and in trying to fix it, created a corrupted table. (incidentally, if you can't update Vista with the latest service pack, you won't ...
Completeness versus permanence
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Tech issues | No Comments »I realised something interesting tonight. For the first time, for a huge number of people, all of their personal correspondence will be neatly catalogued and saved. This is thanks to the pervasiveness of email -- both people and ...
Isn’t Twitter a company that sells car parts?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Tech issues, Web products | No Comments »Amusing video (sadly only for a small group of people). [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvKbv3FNW00]
People power versus algorithms
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Design, Tech issues | 1 Comment »Very interesting article from Wired. This is something I have struggled with personally. Is it worth investing the time to automate a process, or is it just cheaper to outsource the smarts of up-and-coming countries? Ultimately I've found that not ...
This Internet thing – it ain’t gonna last.
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Tech issues | No Comments »Hilariously off-the-mark article published by Newsweek in 1995 by Clifford Stoll. Some excerpts: After two decades online, I'm perplexed. It's not that I haven't had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I've met great people and even ...
When geeks bite back
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Bay Area, Rants, Tech issues | 1 Comment »Very interesting article on news.com about Sarah Lacy's interview of Mark Zuckerberg, from Facebook. I've seen some pretty atrocious interviews, keynotes, panels and presentations in my time, but this is right up there when you think of the scope. ...
Valleywag post of the day – the many faces of Ballmer
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Tech issues | No Comments »Dance, monkey boy, dance. Ahem. Steve Ballmer has got to be one of my favourite CEOs - and Valleywag has posted the "Top Ten Ballmer Goes Nuts" videos. My favourite is this one right here (a classic to be sure). [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc]
