A few months ago I announced that I’d be posting a new wallpaper every week, well I forgot.  But not to worry - they are back!  Almost every Wednesday I’ll be posting a new computer wallpaper formatted for a widescreen display at 1440 picture elements by 900 picture elements - ideal for the 15.4” Mac Book Pro user but should be fine for everyone else too. Read the rest of this entry »

In response to a few people who emailed me about my last post on CNET and hot on the heels of Pingdom who trawled through the domain names that Google use, here are the highlights from the 800 or so domain names pointing to the name server ‘ns.cnet.com’. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve decided to start smoking. Don’t worry mum, I intend to quit as soon as Dundee NHS board start paying me £12.50 a week. The good people over at the Scottish Government in partnership with NHS Tayside are going to pay people £12.50 a week to give up the bad stuff. That’s right, money for not doing something. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you been to CNET TV recently?  If you have, no doubt you will have been treated to Loaded - CNET TV’s latest show hosted by 29 year old Natali Del Conte.  While billed as a ‘podcast’, Loaded is a daily video product, produced early in the morning (East Coast time), rounding up the day’s breaking technology news. Read the rest of this entry »

Since April I have been the proud owner of a set of Bose QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones and I love them.  Originally I decided that they would be my ‘working’ headphones but they have more or less become my ‘main’ headphones. Read the rest of this entry »