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P as in pterodactyl

2012-01-23

As a follow up to my earlier post about the Geek ABC’s, I wanted to share a little story and some humour with you today. I was on the phone with another engineer, using the ITU spelling alphabet but not making a great deal of progress, when my client walked by and said “P as [...]

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42 second movie review:Priest

2012-01-21

What do you get when you mix one part dystopian future, three parts vampire, one part kung-fu, a pinch of Catholic school induced guilt, one part Karl Urban, and two parts awesome? Priest. This Korean graphic novel inspired vampire hunter yarn is just simple fun; no moralistic story telling (despite the Catholic Church’s presence throughout,) [...]

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42 second movie review:Contagion

2012-01-20

So much potential, so little realisation.

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Best response to SOPA/PIPA I’ve seen today

2012-01-18

What can I read to get more information? Try these links: Wikipedia’s articles on SOPA and PIPA Statement from Wikipedia editors announcing decision to black out Wikimedia Foundation press release Blog post from Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner Electronic Frontier Foundation blog post on the problems with SOPA/PIPA As of 6AM PT, January [...]

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42 second movie review:Midnight in Paris

2012-01-09

Midnight in Paris is one of the best movies I have seen in years. Woody Allen’s movies may be an acquired taste, but even if you have never enjoyed one of his earlier works, you owe it to yourself to see this one. Owen Wilson (who nails the first serious role I have ever seen [...]

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Merry Christmas to all

2011-12-24

Direct link for RSS and email subscribers…http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7217A09A83D56449 A few of my favourite Christmas tunes to run in the background. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and my Best wishes for the New Year!

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2011-12-10

Squeee! It’s a Doctor Who Christmas episode tease! I’d hate to be all smithereening.

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Due Process? In my legal system?

2011-11-18

Hi retrohack readers, we interrupt our usual tech/geek/snark offering to make a statement that I feel needs to be made. I know this blog has global reach, but I hope those of you outside the US both forgive this politically aimed post, and also treat it as a heads up. Some countries do look to [...]

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Trick or Treat!

2011-10-31

Happy Halloween Everyone!

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An open letter to Apple about iOS5, aka PoS5

2011-10-25

Love your Apple device and how well it performs? Then for the gods’ sake don’t upgrade to iOS5!!!

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In review: Mastering Exchange Server 2010

2011-10-07

Jim McBee and David El Fassy deliver a decent coverage of Exchange 2010 in this Sybex book.

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The airline that does this will gain my loyalty for life.

2011-10-06

From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal-http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2390#comic Of course that’s bs…if an active piece of electronics could cause a plane to crash, or even go off course, no flight could ever get off the ground, but still, it really pisses me off when that ONE GUY thinks he’s exempt from the rules, kinda like the bastards that [...]

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