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  Dear Mr. Jobs, please stop lying.

  07.10.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Just sayin’. You’re starting to look like the douche you always said everyone else was. I’m not surprised, but the fanboys are crying in their mom’s basements. (in case you’re wondering what I’m on about, think Flash, iPhone 4 antennas, Android…I don’t really need to continue, do I?)

• blog, ict / computers

  A new server – a fresh start

  07.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Like most people I like new things. And after a couple of years of running virtual servers here and there but wanting to move back to a server of my own, some recent developments have expedited the process. So, if you’re reading this, welcome to my new server! It’s faster, better and shinier than the [...]

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  An interesting rebuttal of Steve Jobs’ anti-Flash letter

  05.05.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  James Gardiner has written a very interesting blog post dissecting and rebutting Steve Jobs’ recent open letter on why Apple will not support Flash on its devices (translation: attacking Adobe Flash where he can). The full post: Apples attack on Adobe Flash, its all about online video. (via Slashdot) James closes his article with:  ”In [...]

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  Hurrah, one patent troll finally gets struck down

  05.03.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  After a slew of very depressing news about all manner of patent trolls slamming down on innovation wherever they can, all in the pursuit of greed, greed and greed, finally one has been pushed back a bit. Red Hat has won a legal fight with a small Texas company that claimed the Raleigh-based software maker [...]

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  Scripting multiple simultaneous clones in VMware

  04.17.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve built this VMware PowerCLI (formerly VI Toolkit) script for a customer that required multiple simultaneous clonings that he could easily configure to back up his production VMs. I’ve included a mechanism to limit the maximum number of concurrent clonings to maximise performance, so when using this script it will take some experimentation to find [...]

• design, ict / computers, web design

  Countdown to Adobe CS5

  03.25.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Quite hot on the heels of the excellent CS4 suite, Adobe is about to release the CS5 suite. Some of the ‘leaked’ features look very promising, such as the content-aware-fill demonstrated here: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Get ready for the CS5 launch here.

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