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Back to WordPress
9th March 2010
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In the lead up to launching this blog, I thought long and hard about the system behind it, and what I wanted it to run off. Inspired by this post, I chose to write my own and spent a good few months writing the software. Today however I move back to Wordpress, for a number of reasons. Read More »
The future of Online Video
22nd January 2010
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While Mozilla was busy releasing Firefox 3.6, YouTube was launching a HTML5 version of its video player, eliminating the need for Adobe Flash. While Firefox supports a HTML5 video player, the video format that Firefox uses (Theora), is different to the one Google uses (H.264). Read More »
Monk
4th December 2009
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In just a few hours, one of the better shows of the decade will come to an end. The season finale of Monk is about to air right now, and Monk will finally know who killed Trudy. In honour of this great show, I thought I would go through some of my more memorable episodes. Read More »
Why Google isn't going to destroy Microsoft
22nd November 2009
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It seems that the tech world has gone gaga today over Google's latest announcement - Chrome OS. Many people also believe that this will finally be the downfall of Microsoft. I tend to disagree, and think that this may in fact be positive for the laptop market. Read More »
Why Twitter should be decentralised
8th November 2009
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Which out of the three doesn't belong- Facebook, Myspace or Twitter? All three are unique and different in their own ways, but I believe that Twitter is trying to be too much of a social network when it should be aiming for a different galaxy. Read More »
Blogs that inspire me
1st November 2009
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When designing, creating and writing the site, there are three blogs continually think about. Each of the three blogs posses something special that makes their blog stand out from the rest. Read More »
Live Mesh; For the Win
19th October 2009
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No matter where your data is, it is vital that you have backups. There are numerous pieces of software that can achieve this, but there is one in particular that I wanted to touch on today, Live Mesh. Since discovering it last year, it has made my life heaps easier, and is one of Microsoft best pieces of work. Read More »
The path to Windows 7
15th October 2009
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There's not long now. In just one week from today Windows 7 will be released into the wild, ready for anyone to use it. Of course people like me have been using it since that painful day in January when the first beta was released. But behind the success that Windows 7 will be is another operating system by the name of Vista. I thought today I would touch on the memory of that, soon to be superseded by its energy efficient brother. Read More »
Was your domain used for spam?
12th October 2009
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There are many things to think about when buying a new domain name. There's the name, the ease of use typing it in (and searching for it), and what other similar domains are out there. It turns out I was forgetting one. Read More »
Firefox Spyware?
5th October 2009
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In what could be a true testimony to the success of Firefox, I noticed yesterday that my browser now has some form of ad-ware/spy-ware nestled into my status bar. Read More »