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Friday 19.12.2008

Using your phone as a modem via bluetooth

19th December 2008 – 8:35 pm
8:35 pm

Anyone ever have issues with not finding a decent WiFi connection? Anyone else can’t be bothered to shell out for those mobile broadband USB dongle adapters plus the associated 15 odd quid contract just to be able to go online on the go without wifi away from home or work? Me neither! I thought about [...]

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Saturday 20.09.2008

BBC iPlayer greasemonkey script

20th September 2008 – 5:22 am
5:22 am

I use the BBC iPlayer. Every so often. It’s pretty good. Only problem on my system is that the iPlayer does not like staying fullscreened on one monitor if I need to use the other screen (same issue with all other flash viewers it seems). Next best alternative is to view the video in the [...]

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Saturday 30.08.2008

Article links for today

30th August 2008 – 6:01 am
6:01 am

Some random stuff I’ve I’ve been reading (and watching): Gridlock economy – how too much use (or individual control) over a resource stifles progression (in the sense of innovation, money and mutually beneficial rewards). The speaker, Michael Heller, calls this the ‘tragedy of the anti-commons‘. This reminds me of an issue a friend’s extended family [...]

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