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Author Archives: Tim Cederman-Haysom
Tracking down rogue bandwidth: a story of Comcast data caps and offsite backup
tl;dr: if you use BackBlaze and are subject to a data cap, you should keep an eye on BackBlaze to make sure it doesn’t quietly use up all your data allowance. I’ve switched to CrashPlan, which has better retention, encryption, … Continue reading
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This is the golden age for new gadgets
Back in 2002 when I started work on my PhD, I remember feeling in awe of all the amazing new devices being released. Bluetooth had just come out, PDAs were getting wifi, and mobile phones were getting cameras. A lot … Continue reading
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Breaking news for mid-90s music fans
Gavin Rossdale reports Bush are back together.
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A long time off the air
Apologies for the long delay. I had worried I would stop updating a blog on my own volition, but instead a nasty Firestats bug shut down my WordPress install. Every time I sat down to try and fix it, I’d … Continue reading
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A participatory design approach in the engineering of ubiquitous computing systems
I’m very excited to report that I finally completed all my graduation requirements, including of course, attending the ceremony and I am now officially Dr Tim Cederman-Haysom. Some obligatory photos of floppy hats: And of course, my thesis is now … Continue reading
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Products I like and wish I actually used
Sometimes you see something that looks so cool that you want to use it, but quickly realise you don’t have any actual compelling need or interest. I’ve raved a few times about products I’m using at the moment and really … Continue reading
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New York City
New York City, originally uploaded by Tim and Trudy. Such a pretty city. Art Deco really is my favourite type of architecture. (my wife took this shot tonight on our Ixus 870IS)
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Fixing a corrupted/deleted partition table
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 … Continue reading
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Products I’m really loving right now
I realised tonight that there are quite a variety of tools and products I’ve been using lately that I’ve been really enjoying, including: Zipcar I live in Beacon Hill, where owning a car is both expensive and difficult. As such, … Continue reading
Email disclaimers
Today I got an email from an Australian company and noticed two things at the bottom of their email. The first was the ever-silly “Go Green – please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.” line. Does putting this in … Continue reading
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