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Monthly Archives January 2010

Why the iPad makes me sad.

Apple launched the iPad and it was pretty much exactly what everyone was expecting. Depending on what model you buy it’s either a giant iPod touch or a giant iPhone, and I agree with Fraser Speirs – it’s the future of general-purpose computing devices. And that makes me so sad. I touched on the reason [...]

Posted 30 January 2010 † John § Hardware § Social § Software § Technology § Technopaganism ‡ Comments (1) °

Scraping the money together.

I have a mortgage with Northern Rock, a UK bank which collapsed (triggering the first run on a UK bank) a couple of months after we got our mortgage. It’s a bit of a nightmare, and one of the (many) things that I lie in bed thinking about at 3am when I should be sleeping. [...]

Posted 10 January 2010 † John § Money § Ruby § Software § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Trapping ideas

Like most people, I have ideas pop into my head which seem like they’re ZOMGAWESOME and will make me eleventy million pounds. Also like most people, I don’t take any steps to realise almost all of those ideas. This year I want to try to realise more of them. While I’m pretty sure that none [...]

Posted 02 January 2010 † John § Mind Tricks § Psychology ‡ Comments (0) °