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The Man They Call Robert X has an exciting column this week (Jon says ‘Exciting? It’s almost a manifesto!’)… all about a very savvy Canadian and what he’s managed to do with a bit of WiFi, some broadband internet access, … Continue reading →

Sgt Pepper It Ain’t In a moment of boredom I stuck an old bit of Windows wallpaper I used to use at work on the OtherMachines front page. Have a look at here and see how many people you can … Continue reading →

It just occured to me that there’s no link anywhere on my sites to TypeStick – development of which is, er, stalled for now It’s a little program I wrote for MacOS X and Windows to help you write HTML … Continue reading →

Apple’s sucky mouse. I hate to admit it, but the Microsoft optical USB mouse is much better than Apple’s. I know I sound ungrateful – my wife rang me from the Washington DC Apple Store to ask me if there … Continue reading →

Bad industrial design. Insanely bad industrial design… Just got a Kingston USB keyring flash drive – very useful, very fashionable. Keep lots of data with you at all times. Cringely can even boot Linux from his and get back up … Continue reading →