I wish my Lumia 2520’s windows button wasn’t in the centre of its lower frame. It’s just where I want to hold it when using one hand. …
hiatus
Aargh! #Gotham is taking a mid season break! Who invented those? Do you think my series record program will last the hiatus? Can I be arsed to see if I can find it on the internet? Since I watch it on catch-up, I don’t watch the ads anyway…call this a business strategy. …
Vegtables
I am now cooking the Xmas vegetables; it’s just me and Mrs. L. …
Panacea. Not!
I commented on #cloudcomputing at linkedin.com; the UK Government has required certain data sets to be held in the UK from before Snowden, 9/11 and even before Storage-as-a-Service, it’s not uncommon. Remote Storage costs time and bandwidth, transnational location adds to this; cloud storage isn’t the answer to every storage problem. …
Trademarks
Microsoft had to give up the name Skydrive since it was trade marked by BSkyB; will they beat Metro, the UK’s next bank to the starting line? …
Lumia
Yesterday, I have mainly been playing with my new Lumia 2520 tablet. …
Egret
There’s an egret outside the window in Pompey, is this a sign of global warming?
Sunny Afternoon
Trip to London to see “Sunny Afternoon”, the story of the Kinks, at least their early days, sadly no “Come Dancing”, nor “Schoolboys in Disgrace”, both too late for the story; but I saw “Schoolboys in Disgrace” live in 1976.
Shopping
A shopping trip, meant to be for essentials but some how I have brought home a Lumia #Fondleslab! …
Beorn
On to the traditional birthday schedule, breakfast at the Organic Cafe, which seems to have changed ownership and then onto the cinema for the final instalment of “The Hobbit” where the late entry of Beorn was like helicopter born Spetsnaz. Sadly for fans of giant bears, Jackson has re-written Beorn’s role in the Battle, unfortunately reducing it. …