Well, I’ve not written anything on here for quite a while but I just had to post something now. I’ve just got a new Blackberry and it’s my first true smartphone and I’ve alread discovered the brilliance of apps! I’m writing this very post on my ‘Berry and I think it’s really amazing that there’s an app that gives me full control over my blog from my phone.
You never know, it might make me post a little more! Or for a little while, anyway.
This image made me chuckle. Pretty much speaks for itself – no need for me to comment.
Moblin stands for mobile Linux, and has been developed by Intel, with v2 being optimised for their Atom processor and is highly suited to use on small machines such as netbooks.
It is very heavily orientated towards providing a good user experience as opposed to being a functional OS. Or this was my experience of it, certainly not something I could live with on a day-to-day basis in its current form. There are a number of features that I really like though, one of them being the Twitter integration, with the latest tweets from the people you are following, as well as the latest documents and webpages you have visited, being displayed on your home screen (Moblin’s version of the desktop, I suppose).
It also has a number of built in applications that we’ve become accustomed to finding bundled with our OSes such as a web browser, calculator, and a built in organiser that integrates well into the home screen.
One of the things I do “on the side” is looking after the IT of a fairly recent start-up business. It’s a fairly simple affair with two Dell laptops, two Dell desktops and a Dell Poweredge server.
Dell seem to configure their servers with separate partitions for the OS and data, which all sounds well and good. But, certainly on our server, the OS partition is only 12GB. When it arrived there were a few GB free, but following OS updates and the growing amount of data in the user profiles on there, this has quickly become full.
I suppose that I should really have either expanded or removed the OS partition when I was setting it up, but I didn’t really fancy having to reinstall the OS. It should be at least supplied with a larger partition – or just even supply the drive with a single partiton!
I’m now faced with having to either wipe the server and rebuild it, or using a disk utility to expand the OS partition and risking all the firm’s data if it encounters issues. Thanks Dell!
I’m not entirely sure how Nicky managed to come across this site, and I’m sure he probably won’t read the site again and see this message, but if you do – how did you find this?!
But, yeah, gdsgaming.com gets mentioned in episode 19. Amazing considering I never update this and, so far as I know, very few read what I write!
Another small post. All I seem to get round to these days. But anyway… I’ve come across a little gem of a CMS system called Pligg. Sounds a little odd, doesn’t it?
In essence, all it is an empty version of Digg’s site. It allows users to submit stories to the site that other users can then vote for if they like them. Stories that receive a lot of votes are automatically published to the front page just like they are at Digg. Still, I think it’s a good opportunity for the creation of new communities building upon the innovation that lead to Digg’s success.
Google have released what is, in essence, a connector for Outlook. What this actually does is to make Google Apps Premier Edition a very legit rival to Microsoft’s Exchange server.
It costs $50 per year, per server, which I’m sure will seem quite steep to many when Google Apps’ free edition can host 50 users for free. Essentially, what you get for this fee is bumpage of the storage space to 26GB per user (from approx. 7GB on the free edition) and the ability to use this connector software.
You may be wondering why this is any better than using IMAP, or even POP3, with the standard Gmail edition. Well, this new connector uses a proprietary protocol that is much faster than either of the aforementioned methods, and also syncs contacts and calender, as well as providing certain features that were previously only available to Exchange users, such as calender sharing amongst colleagues.
The game that everyone has been waiting for, EA’s The Sims 3, is now out!
I’ve got my hands on a copy and will be writing up a more comprehensive review at some point, but my initial thoughts are that it is really a fairly simple evolution of Sims 2. Sure, there is more freedom to move your character around their neighborhood, but other than that it seems to be the same old story.
The guys from ITidiots and The Mac Show have started releasing a new audio podcast called Unwatchable. It’s well worth checking out if you want some witty tech-based banter. Check them out in the iTunes podcast directory or at itidiots.com
Today I’m reviewing my new Logitech G9 mouse, and the Razer Goliathus Alpha (the big one!) “gaming surface” that I bought with it. I think we should get the price of these items out of the way before continuing, as these products are undoubtedly high end; the mouse cost me as near as makes no difference to £40, and the mat was £15.
Logitech G9 & Razer Goliathus