Another quick one tonight so I can correct the old body clock. Software these days usually includes some sort of automatic update functionality. The vast majority have some an update process that makes itself known to the user upon launch (either to check for updates or to install updates). Otherwise, software may update itself silently …
Aug 07 2010
3D Newspaper – Genius or Gimmick
A couple of days ago the miss us and I arrived in Bangkok and I was surprised yesterday to see that the Bangkok Post had printed most of its photos and a good deal of its advertisements in 3D. Given that it was a printed newspaper, it had to use the traditional blue and red …
Aug 06 2010
No Inflight Calls For You!
Shortly after ACMA had given the green light for cellular communication technology to deployed in aircrafts, QANTAS and Jetstar have quickly put the brakes on any such deployment in their fleet. In a blog entry earlier this week I touched on how this technology could become a nuisance particular on longer international flights. At the …
Aug 03 2010
Graphics Cards Need Rethinking
In recent years, the graphics card industry has been pretty much a two horse race. nVidia has been around for a while after having taken out and absorbed 3dfx and has been sparring with ATi for most of the last decade. What has become apparent to me, at least on a basic level, is that …
Aug 02 2010
Check Naming Conventions for Consistency
Just a quick blog before I hop on a flight back to Helsinki. One thing I noticed in Denmark was how they labelled floors in buildings, particularly when it came to labels in elevators and around escalators. Unlike what www expect in Australia, the ground floor is marked as “zero” with floor above it incrementing …
Aug 01 2010
Australian Airlines to Offer Inflight Cellular Services
In a previous post I wrote about how about how our friends across the ditch were getting access to inflight SMS as well as data for smartphones. That was a couple of months ago and it seems like us Australians weren’t about to be outdone by the Kiwis according to this SMH article. As expected …
Jul 31 2010
Australia Needs More Free Wi-Fi
Throughout our travels during our holiday I have noticed that other countries tend to have far more generous coverage when it comes to Wi-Fi access. Many hotel lobbies and rooms will include some form of access (be it paid or free) and even trains and buses here in Europe have complimentary Wi-Fi. Airports are also …
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