#“I had to buy Cracking Contraptions today”
I was in Waterstones in Cork with my 7 y/o daughter today and I spotted Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions Manual. I squealed with glee when I saw it. Done in the style of a Haynes manual with obligatory tea stain and repaired ripped cover, it is a work of utter awesomeness. As a past owner of 3, yes 3, desperately unreliable Citroens (BX, AX and Xantia), I am intimatelyfamiliarwith the inside of a Haynes manual. »
#“Wantsies - Angry Birds on the Advent Vega Android Tablet”
via youtube.com This is just the standard Angry Birds, auto-scaled. Initial reports on the Vega are good. Narrow viewing angle on the screen seems to be the main complaint (and no access to the Marketplace). See lots more views on Modaco: http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-vega-vega-modaco-com/323871/got-your...
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#“Loo Books”
My October Loo Book was Mark Kermode's "It's Only a Movie"My November one was the book accompaniment to the movie "Food Inc"My December one will be Gladwell's "What The Dog Saw" Any other Loo Book recommendations for me? »
#“Google Account Transition - Argggghhhhhhhh”
I have long complained about the fact that Google Apps Accounts can't do the same things as normal Google Accounts. The problem was exacerbated by Google allowing people to create half-assed Google Accounts with the same email address as their Google Apps account but which were in fact completely different. Google is rightly now trying to clean this mess up and I don't envy them but gawd it's a complete pain in the arse. »
#“The big problem with Google Places and now Hotpot”
First off, big disclaimer, I have a strong vested interest in this topic, since I run a customer reviews solutions company. But it also means I have some insight and knowledge of this topic. Google Search has always been about automatically indexing content and trying to make the best content bubble to the top. And that is why it became the most successful search engine, period. »
#“GMail Killer? No way in hell.”
Every time in the past two years that Facebook launches something, they have knocked my socks off. I just don't know how they execute that quickly with such a small team and such a gigantic user-base. Seeing Google struggle to keep up is frightening. But lets be realistic about theannouncementtoday that many people are saying will be a GMail killer. If Facebook launches an email app that is functionally superior to GMail today, I'll watch the Late Late Show and a football match this week. »