A pigeon is sitting in the yard of our London flat. I don't think it can fly very well: it's been mostly walking for the past few days, though it will flap away if alarmed. It has two mangled feet and doesn't walk all that tidily either. We took pity on it and gave it… Continue reading City pigeons
Category: Non-Work
T40p, T60p, T540p, go!
I recently replaced my desktop machine at work with a Thinkpad T540p. This laptop has had some bad reviews online: terrible trackpad, keyboard a great disappointment, Windows drivers problems, not the proper colour for a Thinkpad (it's dark grey instead of black), installing Linux will brick it. I read a few of these and did… Continue reading T40p, T60p, T540p, go!
Proprietary Unix
From 1992 to 1998, every paid job I did came with a Unix workstation on my desk. Admittedly that only covers three employers, but it covers a lot of different kinds of workstation. In those days, selling Unix software (unless you could dictate the hardware as well) involved a lot of porting, and companies would… Continue reading Proprietary Unix
Small phones will rise again!
In 2007 Apple launched the iPhone. It was a fancy phone, but big and heavy by the standards of the time. For the first few years after that, it seemed to be generally accepted that the iPhone was big. Even by 2010 commentators were writing things like "Apple has to expand its product range [with]… Continue reading Small phones will rise again!
On Vodafone
Vodafone UK still haven't fixed the problem I grumbled about in my previous post. They've left me unable to use my primary mobile number for 7 weeks now. The phone works and has the right number, but it has become detached from the billing account somehow and can't be topped up, making it effectively useless.… Continue reading On Vodafone
Vodafone’s fiction of customer service
A couple of weeks ago I switched my mobile number to Vodafone, because they have better signal coverage in my workplace than T-Mobile. That was a mistake. Vodafone screwed up my account, and their support systems have only made it worse. And it's strange, because Vodafone work hard at making their customer service look good.… Continue reading Vodafone’s fiction of customer service
The Breakfast Post 