Yes, we all read Fraser Speirs‘ excellent Future Shock and we’ve listened to the constant whining of the “less space than a Nomad“ folks. When did a new Dell ever elicit this response?
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” – Henry Ford
I love the BBC, I really do. I think the licence fee is a worthy and valid charge as it distances the programming from commercial concerns, allowing for such wonderful programmes as Planet Earth and Life. However, I don’t like it when the BBC wastes portions of their funds on such useless things as covering fines for stupidity and … um, paying me.
Used for review purposes. Besides, it's mostly mine!
Seeing as lots of blogs will be wanting to write about the Apple Tablet, or whatever is on its way on Jan 27th, I decided to shoot some stock photos of my Newtons for bloggers or non-profit publications to use for free. I don’t know if anyone will use them or even if they’re good enough for general use, but it was fun taking them.
It seems this time of year, everyone posts their predictions on what will happen in the world of technology during the next year. As I’m quite fond of technology, I thought that I should finally nail my colours to this blog’s masthead and swing out on a limb for the benefit of both my readers. I’ll also cover a few non-technology points, for fun, so strap in and prepare for the most boring predictions you’ll read this year, or what’s left of it.
More of the same, only faster.
Every year, since 1998, I’ve made this very same prediction in one form or another. It’s not a risky proposal, I’ll be honest, but I’ve never been wrong.
Moore's Law, courtesy of Wikipedia
Rage against the Machine vs Joe McSomething. As everyone keeps reminding us, both acts are on Sony, so the Electronics and Media giant must be raking it in, right? Not quite.
If you think Sony are laughing all the way to the bank because RATM are number one, you need to sit down and do the maths.
I’ve sat down and done the maths for you, if you can’t be arsed: Sony made, at best, at the upper limit, £250,000 of income more than they would have done without this fight having taken place. Read more…
