So, here’s the process as I go: Pre-Launch Back up stuff I don’t want to lose on my phone (photos, call records etc.) Take screenshots of all data connection info and home screen layout. Charge phone completely. Update Time Launch Kies. It crashes. Launch Kies. It tells me a new version is available and asks […]
Rants
Hateful Code
I wonder if the person who wrote this had any idea of how much trouble it’d eventually cause? catch (Exception ex) { // TODO: log? }
Bus Etiquette
Some handy pointers for those new to the game. Reaching the bus driver is not the time to start thinking about where your ticket or money is. You should be ready by the time you get to the front of the queue. If it’s not your stop but you find yourself on your feet and […]
This Week’s (and last’s) Top Stories
So, I finally got the Facebook mobile app update that forces a list of "top stories" to the top of the update list without any option to disable it. At the moment, mine shows a mixture of 23 items: 23 jumbled status updates from Monday to just now. If I just want to read what's […]
Surrounded by Darkness
So, while my wife was away for the week, I took the opportunity to move one of our couches to about 7ft away from the TV and set the surround sound speakers up all around it. It was magical. Blu-ray films crisp, sound everywhere. The first couple of films had me reaching for the remote […]
Tested and Certified
So, for the past umpteen months, I’ve been planning to sit some sort of Microsoft accreditation. When I first looked at it it was the *new* .NET 3.5 web stuff and we started working on it as a group at work, getting together every Friday. That lasted about 2 months before we got out of sync […]
Sadly, from O2
Welcome to O2 live chat. Someone will start chatting with you soon. You're through to Jay. Jay: Hi there. My name's Jay I am an O2 sales advisor, how may I help you today? You: Hi, I was just wondering if the data bundles for smartphones include the hotspots in various shops etc.? I think this used […]
Snookered
So I'm currently travelling up to Edinburgh and fancied watching the semi final of the snooker on my phone. A quick check of the app store shows MyPlayer. I give that a try but then find out that BBC content has been removed due to a licensing issue. Another search showed no official BBC app […]
Pro Evolution 2011 Master League Online and the Head Injury Lag Issue
Sometimes playing Master League Online on PES2011 is a fun experience. Pitting your skill against other human beings can be satisfying in a way that running rings around a computer opponent’s defence just doesn’t match. This is the experience about 20% of the time. Other times you have issues with lag. And, when there’s a […]
A New Back End
Not that you should notice, but I decided to move my site's code to ASP.net MVC 3 with Razor. Initial impressions are that it's far easier to work with than the webforms view engine although the lack of automatically resolving objects' namespaces is a little annoying. There's no change that should be visible (apart from […]