Monthly Archives: January 2008

In Spain at the minute

I’m in Spain at the moment. I flew over here on Sunday for my brother-in-law’s wedding. All good. However, this has been a nightmare journey. I woke up on Sunday morning with a temperature of 38.8C. And Tomás, our four … Continue reading

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Shai Agassi’s Better Place project explained

In my post about the DLD conference yesterday I showed the video of Shai Agassi’s presentation because I thought it was an amazingly good idea, well explained. However, when I checked out Shai’s blog I found the following video of … Continue reading

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DLD Conference Highlights

I spent the early part of this week in Munich for the DLD Conference in Munich. It was an amazing experience. The conference itself is a free invite-only event. The speaker list is unbelievable. The speakers included politicians, business people … Continue reading

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2007 was Earth’s 2nd warmest year

According to NASA, 2007 was tied with 1998 as the second-warmest year in a century. According to the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the eight warmest years in the GISS record have all occurred since 1998, and the … Continue reading

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Updating the firmware on a Nokia N95

According to Nokia, the latest version of firmware (the phone’s operating system) for the N95 is 20.0.015. This was released in November 2007. According to AllAboutSymbian, this was a significant update which included: demand paging (!), so 30MB plus free … Continue reading

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Is the iPod Touch the ultimate Internet tablet?

I recorded a video on Seesmic yesterday on why I think the iPod Touch is a spectacular Internet Tablet. It has an amazing screen, great UI, and tiny form factor. Seesmic now includes the ability to embed videos you record … Continue reading

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