Tag Archives: failure

Tethered to o2

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Andrew

I’m on a train tomorrow, and thought it was a good opportunity to use my phone as a wifi hotspot. This works flawlessly with the Samsung Wave 3 (though the GUI to turn it on is a bit suboptimal). It … Continue reading →

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Macbook Pro SSD saga, part three

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew

So previously my Macbook Pro stopped booting and got stuck at the grey boot screen. Then after a week at Apple for repair, they called me to tell me the SSD was stopping the Macbook Pro from booting. Yesterday I … Continue reading →

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UX fail

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew

At the Sainsburys filling station yesterday, I opted to pay at the pump. I inserted my debit card at the prompt, and heard an audible clunk as it was read. I typed in my PIN, and after a few seconds … Continue reading →

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Macbook Pro SSD saga, part two

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Andrew

The tale of my broken Macbook Pro just took a bizarre turn. Apple called me (not even five minutes after I called them to poke them for an update) to provide an update on the repair. Apparently my laptop works just … Continue reading →

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Ungodly Macbook Pro

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Andrew

A funny thing happened today on the way to the codeface. This morning, as I was packing up to leave London, I did the usual: hit the Macbook Pro power button, hit S, wait for it to sleep, close it, … Continue reading →

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Mean Time to Hello World

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Andrew

One simple metric every development platform could and should be judged on is “mean time to hello world” – how long it takes developers to track down links to basic tutorials on building and deploying the most simple of apps … Continue reading →

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Drobo good, bad, ugly

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Andrew

Drobo: is it the coolest piece of hardware you could ever buy, or a trainwreck waiting to happen? I’ve been living with mine for almost two years now, so it’s time to report. The basic premise of the Drobo is … Continue reading →

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Kindle Case Chaos

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Andrew

The Kindle is great, but one of the things you really want from an electronic book is rock-solid stability. Since getting the Kindle, I’ve noticed quite frequently upon opening it that it was back to the home screen and had … Continue reading →

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BT broadband: breaking the web

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Andrew

Not content with providing sluggish broadband, BT have now stepped up their efforts to screw home broadband by adding insidious DNS lookup interceptions. You know the thing: it’s where inept infrastructure companies decide they can provide a better “user experience” … Continue reading →

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Oracle vs. Google

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Andrew

This is ‘fun’: “Oracle filed a complaint in federal court in California, alleging the infringement of seven patents and copyrights by Google’s Android mobile operating system software.” http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-sues-google-for-patent-infringement-2010-08-12 “Android (including without limitation the Dalvik VM and the Android software development … Continue reading →

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