Bing iPhone still doesn't work in NZ
Come on Microsoft, it's been months now!
Web/Tech
Data Roaming Rates: What doe$ it all mean?
I was rather careful with using roaming data at Autodesk University, thanks for the free wireless Autodesk, but some recent stories have featured Kiwi’s caught out by high rates. To be fair you are warned but it’s in techo terms that many don’t really grasp. Simon turns
Google New Zealand
Love today's www.google.co.nz look UPDATE 2010-02-03: And here is the story behind it: Kiwi Doodler’s work displayed for millions to see Today we're celebrating Kiwi kids’ return to school on the Google New Zealand homepage - with New Zealand’s inaugural
Metheny
Pat Metheny creates a “live” solo “group” - ORCHESTRION
Ever thought a Solo performer, with a bit of automaton help, could sound this great? Pat Metheny’s latest project merges his performance with automated instruments to create a live solo live jazz group. Can’t wait to hear the CD, wish the concert was coming a bit closer. Pat
Autodesk University
Twitter connections in a map
Regulars here will know I like the map format for visualising information relationships. Thus, it is interesting to see this summary of my Twitter activity and relationships. The static image below was captured not long after Autodesk University thus the #AU2009 tag featuring! It doesn’t convey the dynamics of
Music
David Byrne on the Internet Antichrist
Click through for an awesome post from David Byrne about the work of C. R. Licklider. David Byrne Journal: 10.24.09: Internet Antichrist “The Internet, the World Wide Web, as much of a boon as it has been, has left an awful lot of wreckage in its wake, beyond
Upgrade from 32-bit Windows Vista/XP to 64-bit Windows 7
In a few easy steps: Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Upgrade Scenarios: Scenario 2: Upgrade from 32-bit Windows Vista/XP to 64-bit Windows 7 While there were once valid reasons for skipping 64-bit versions of Windows, those reasons have disappeared over the past
Cloud Computing
Is Microsoft's Live Mesh Ray Ozzie’s lost child?
Since about mid 2008 most of the articles you’ve seen on this blog were created with the help of Microsoft Live Mesh. Often a screen capture grabbed, and dropped in a Live Mesh Folder, during the day would become the basis for a post written at home with the
Cool Software
Spring clean your browser bookmarks - AM-DeadLink
Ok, it's a bit late for spring but AM-DeadLink - Download FavIcons and detect dead links in your browser bookmarks AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and text fil...
Carol Bartz Interviewed by Forbes.com
Can Carol save Yahoo!? Does anyone care? I should since my ISP is partnered with them but my “care if it’s there” factor extends to only one Yahoo! service. I’d miss Flickr but search, email and other Yahoo! services can be easily done elsewhere. I’ve never used
Rant
What of social networks, blogs when you die? Passwords in your will?
Twitter, Blogs and other web content make it easy to create content that becomes a monthly, weekly, daily or even more frequent record of a life being lived. But what happens to it when you die? I...
Twits Progress?
You can't predict the future... Geek And Poke: The History Of Communication