Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Make Vista scream
...because, goodness knows, it's made me scream a few times in the last months. Anyway, to celebrate finding the cause of my bluescreens (take a bow, Google Desktop) I have treated my system to a 1GB ReadyBoost-capable flash drive. This is in addition to the 1.5GB of memory already installed.
Finally, it flies. In fact, it screams. Scary just how much memory is needed for it to do so, though.
Finally, it flies. In fact, it screams. Scary just how much memory is needed for it to do so, though.
Monday, March 19, 2007
CeBIT observations
Here's some observations from CeBIT:
* Visitor numbers seem to be up on last year but many of the halls are deathly quiet off the main track through.
* Cheap / free entrance tickets have flooded the local market ... lots of consumers on the show floors. Fine, but is CeBIT a business show or a consumer showcase?
* Some people will "collect" just about anything - the legendary freebie hunters. Put dog turds in plastic bags and people'll pick 'em up.
* Only one bidder on my daft auction so far (thanks Gerry).
* Classic CeBIT weather is back - snowy wind, rain showers. Yeuch.
* Visitor numbers seem to be up on last year but many of the halls are deathly quiet off the main track through.
* Cheap / free entrance tickets have flooded the local market ... lots of consumers on the show floors. Fine, but is CeBIT a business show or a consumer showcase?
* Some people will "collect" just about anything - the legendary freebie hunters. Put dog turds in plastic bags and people'll pick 'em up.
* Only one bidder on my daft auction so far (thanks Gerry).
* Classic CeBIT weather is back - snowy wind, rain showers. Yeuch.
Friday, March 16, 2007
For sale: one slightly-used nameplate
The daily slog of CeBIT can be a bit monotonous, so here’s my little bit of fun for today:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250095139206
No bids yet…
Labels: odd
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Wabbit for hire
One of the more amusing pieces of spam from today's haul advised me that with Easter coming, I could hire a bunny wabbit, as depicted here, complete with person inside and "cooling down breaks". Eight hours inside a bunny costume for ?200 gross. Now that makes the sound of flipping burgers sound attractive.
Labels: odd
Boot times - Phone Vs PC
One interesting phenomenon of my now-much-loved E61 is that it takes an awfully long time to boot, but only when running on batteries. Side-by-side with Vista on my laptop, it’s a dead-heat to the logon screens. But when the E61 is on mains, it boots in a few seconds. Perhaps there’s some battery level check going on before the device reaches full readiness?
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