Check out some of the Worst Album Covers of All Time, brought to my attention by BA from #Webdev.
Chuckle.
This is also amusing and proves that despite recent setbacks, Microsoft have at least retained their sense of humour.
This Article on the BBC, which is probably behind the likes of Slashdot and others regarding the speed of announcement, tripped me up this morning. The part I love the most is the last paragraph, which I quote:
But the other threat to Microsoft is the fact that such access could provide a competitive edge to its rivals, who would gain a much better understanding of the inner workings of Microsoft’s technology.
One would have thought that the exposure of a little of the workings of Windows would assist developers of software and hardware no end, interesting to see that the Redmond Beast views both of these as rivals. Coupled with this, it’s not exactly like other OS developers are frantically trying to copy the Windows kernal, in fact, quite the opposite. If only I could find the relevant links for it…
I’m not sure about you, but the only thing keeping me off linux is Adobe’s resistance to releasing a Linux build of its software. Don’t anyone dare mention WINE, I’ve heard it all before. A friend tells me that the version built for Mac’s is a GCC built effort, so it’s not as if it would be too much of a strain to do it. My Conspiracy Theory gland then starts to itch, suggesting that perhaps somebody backhanded them with a brown envelope. You never know.
I am re-installed in the Uk.
BOOOooooooo!
After a baggage mixup that left us luggage-less for the greater part of Monday, we’re now back safe and sound at the Loughborough residence and back on the scrounge for any cash we can find with which to pay for warmth, rent or food. Probably in that order.
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The holiday’s over, we have to head back to Blighty.
I’m not saying that I hate England, but I really don’t want to have to go. I could start a list but it’s pointless, the inevitability of it all is quite crushing.
Still, we’ll be back soon. Visa wibblings mean that I may be trying, this time next year, to find work in Melbourne, as my partner’s UK permit expires in little over 12 months from now.
I do not have a suntan.
I did not see a poisenous spider.
I did not get eaten by a shark.
I did not throw any shrimp on a BBQ.
I did see a deadly snake, though, and had a great 3 weeks.
24 hours of terror (Read: Flight) and I’ll be back in England. I guess you can’t have everything.
Fuji have announced the successor to my beloved Fuji S2, the imaginatively named Fuji S3. I’m guessing they didn’t call a meeting to decide on that one.
No point in me parrotting out the specs or the press release, you can get them here.
What I will say is that my thoughts about the F700 and other ‘high end’ consumer digicams released by fuji recently were correct. They did indeed turn out to be testbenches for the development of Fuji’s HDR (High Dynamic Range) sensor, which is the main talking point for the S3, as the body and shot-rate capabilities remain identical to the S2.
No samples available as of yet. Check back soon for a good price on a 2nd hand Fuji S2 😉
Possibly my second spam comment? I think this one is a little more likely. Advertising an impotence site in their URL trackback, and with the comment of ‘Nice site’ left under the username of ‘Viagra’, things definately point to the spam end of the spectrum. Either that or a friend of mine works for Pfizer and hasn’t owned up to it.
Just a quick note on the article commenting, use them to comment on the articles, not to contact me. If you wish to contact me please use the Contact Me Page (The link is up at the top there…) or just mail me at my usual address, whichever floats your electronic mailboat.
My holiday draws to a close on Sunday (BOOOO!), but the silver lining (If any) is that I’ll actually be back on a PC where I can produce some website-photos for you all to see. Bird lovers are in for a treat (That’s the avian type, not the bronzed, bikini wearing Australian type. I am a taken man, you know…) but aside from the feathery inhabitants of this island continent I’ve had precious little success with the photos.
More to come soon.
*Sigh*.
What a day.
Firstly we wake up and it’s pissing it down, proper big fat rain.
What to do, we ask ourselves? Ah-ha! It’s Tuesday, we can head to the Dandenong Market! Excellent plan, so we jump into the car and head off. 30 minutes later, just outside Dandenong, we hear on the radio (Triple M was the station of choice) that it is in fact Monday. Horror! Quite calamitous I can tell you.
So I say to the better half ‘Lets go for a walk in the Dandenongs instead then.’
But no…
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Today I think my website suffered its first illegitimate comment attack, just the one comment from a chap calling himself ‘Jude’ and prepresenting some insurance company. His comment was on the MS At The Wheel post, about MS using their OS to control drive-by-wire cars. It simply had a link to, I assume, his sponsor or company website, though he might have been making a funny by saying if you drive an MS controlled car, you need life insurance… (The angle I’d rather take!)
I’ve left the comment, but de-activated the link. Feel free to paste it in to your browsers and have a look though. Article here.
