by ezs | Jan 10, 2006 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
I’m in Philadelphia for a couple of days visiting customers; currently in my hotel room IMing with Jose and talking about Apple.
The new MacBook Pro looks sweet.
I’m watching a DVD of New Order music videos – NEW order A COLLECTION. It’s stunning. Music videos that are almost twenty years old for Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith and Round&Round look really fresh.
There is also an interesting – and half completed – web site http://www.kinoteca.net from Michael Shamberg which describes a lot of the background to his music videos for New Order.
by ezs | Jan 10, 2006 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
Normally you can’t go swimming with your iPod. (Pedants will point out that you could – it’s just a one time thing.)
Grania swims a lot during the summer (when the bubble roof comes off the pool) – and last year we saw some cool headphones and a small MP3 player that worked under water. We thought this would be good if you could use your existing iPod.
I just found this:
It’s a soft neoprene cover for your iPod. It caught my eye because they support all sizes of iPod – even the new Nano; also they have partnered to offer ‘flood insurance’ for the iPod itself.
Now that’s cool.
by ezs | Jan 5, 2006 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
We’re down to less than two days worth of coffee beans!
We buy coffee in bulk from a friend.
Not like this:
but in cases of two 7kg drums. Like the ones your favourite espresso store has.
I’ll take a picture when we get a delivery. Hopefully tomorrow.
by ezs | Dec 18, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, ITIL, Uncategorized
As I was in central London I made a special visit to The Stationery Office Bookshop near Holborn.
TSO is a strange beast; formerly HMSO (Her Majestys Stationery Office), now the Office of Public Sector Information – it is the official publishing arm for the UK Government. Everything from Government papers, reports of debates in Parliament to ITIL, Prince and other documents are published.
The TSO bookshop is a veritable hideout of really specialist, non-overlapping information.
I was buying books on ITIL – the IT Infrastructure Library – for my team. Useful and required reading in todays IT world.
by ezs | Dec 12, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, travel, Uncategorized
Getting a taxi can be hit and miss anywhere across the globe. Too many times I have been let down by missing cars, breakdowns, rude and sometimes downright dangerous driving.
I needed to get a cab this morning at the ungodly hour of 0430. That’s way too early for me.
I booked a cab through the recommended services of Addison Lee – a London cab firm. They have great customer service. While on the phone booking the pickup I was told exactly how much the fare would be – no surprises at set down. That was my first pleasant surprise.
15 minutes before pickup I received an SMS to my phone saying that the driver was on his way; a description and license plate of the vehicle and the cell phone number for the driver. I got a second SMS minutes later saying that the driver was waiting outside to collect me. He wasn’t – just a few houses along; I called him and got picked up.
All cabs seem to be fitted with smart GPS and directions; much like the (much lamented) Hertz Neverlost. Part of me thinks this is a great idea (no more roundabout journeys), the other part laments the loss of ‘The Knowledge’ that is still required for all black cab drivers. I can see times when human knowledge of side routes and less busy roads beats the GPS hands down.
All in all I was really impressed by the service from Addison Lee – if you are in London and need to pre-book – try them out.
by ezs | Nov 12, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
The rumours are true – an Apple store is opening in SLC.
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