Archive for March, 2008

Telecom hosting not worth the premium

Monday, March 17th, 2008

A client made the decision to use Telecom as their web site host. I argued against it because the price differential was so great between Telecom and, well, anyone else. The client's management decided to go with solid blue chip Telecom. The service we've had from them ...

Ubicomp and ubisec

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Read this ABC news story on digital frames coming with viruses installed if you want a glimpse at an unpleasant future. Ubicomp ("ubiquitous computing", aka spimes aka real world objects with computation and network capability) promises wonderful things: fridges and pantries that network to produce your shopping list, ...

Travelocity are incompetent fuckwits suckled at Satan’s poisonous nipples

Monday, March 17th, 2008

I took a trip to ETech earlier this month. I initially attempted to book the trip using Travelocity but it turned into a massive clusterfuck of their making. I've documented it below in case you, my lovely reader, need any reason to avoid this dribbling shit trickle of ...

Zuckerberg Interview: FFS!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Now that Silicon Valley is slowly returning trickling back from Austin, I'd like to post something I wrote during The Zuckerberg Interview Soap Opera ... This is an example of the intellectuanal Ouroboros that hits Silicon Valley in waves. Let's see what's wrong with this intarwebs blow up, shall we? Who ...