Diary: February 2006
Ok, I know I'm not the only person who saw the Optimus keyboard with the customisable keys, and that I'm not the only one who saw the notice for some 'exciting news' on February 1st.
But then they went and released this: the Optimus mini three keyboard (see this Engadget article if the main site is slow).
It's a three button keypad. Three incredibly neat animated buttons, but still, just three. What can you do with three buttons on a peripheral device, when I've got a mouse right here with five customisable buttons?
And if it ...
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Ok, so as you may remember, I was referred to a specialist at a hospital about my on-going nose issues. The fact that the hospital was an hour away was bad enough, but when I got there it was even more of a joke.
First of all, although I thought I had been referred to a specialist, I was actually referred to his clinic. That meant that I didn't get to see him, instead I saw a nurse. Now I'm sure that nurses are very competent, but they're still not doctors. Not that I think doctors are ...
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As you all know, I have been engaged in a battle with spam for many years. So far today, for example, I have recieved 15264 spams. This is not an unusual total.
Something needs to be done. A little while ago I wrote an open letter to whoever buys from spam, but short of resorting to buying an e-mail list to spam it out myself, it has become clear to me that it will never have the desired effect.
I have therefore come up with a simple solution. And no, it isn't arranging for an international hit-squad to kill ...
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I've just discovered the New Scientist Podcasts, and am currently burning them to CD ready for the next 5-6 hour drive back to Kent.
I've been working on this second Flash CD for far too long now, and I'm desperate to get it finished. The problem is that it's just so damned time-consuming. The first CD took me two months of 10am-5am days, but this CD is far more complicated than the first. And I'm only working during the day.
The activities on the first CD were all quite similar, most of them being based ...
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For some reason, this is the first time I have tried using two screens from one computer. I've plugged my 19" crt into my laptop, and I must say, I can see why people like this. Having an extra 1600x1200 means that I can have two textpad windows maximised to compare files, or PSP on one and textpad on the other. Of course now I'm wishing I had yet another screen so I could have smartftp on that...
This definitely confirms in my mind that I want a multiple monitor setup for my main desktop back in Cornwall ...
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