Posted on Fri 05 March 2010 in geek • Tagged with android, apps, mobile, review
One of the reasons to own a smart phone is to run applications on it. There are some fantastic ideas out there and given the relative youth of the mobile app explosion I'm sure there is plenty more to come. Today I thought I would offer my thoughts on Smart …
Posted on Wed 03 March 2010 in geek • Tagged with android, apple, floss, htc, iphone, patens, software freedom
With the embers of the SCO's legal shenanigans slowly dieing down we were long overdue for the next round of legal attacks on Free Software. We all knew it was coming, having failed with spurious copyright claims the …
Posted on Tue 16 February 2010 in geek • Tagged with lost, scifi, tv
The mystical JJ Abrams series Lost has entered it's sixth and final season. I've been a long time fan of show and remember spending many evenings discussing episodes with Andy back in Manchester. While many stopped watching the show after concluding the writers where just making stuff up while they …
Posted on Fri 12 February 2010 in geek • Tagged with development, eclipse, emacs, java, jdee, opennms
I've been spending the last week hacking around in Java. One of the components of the product I develop is the open source OpenNMS. As I've mentioned before it's been lightly modified by myself to blend in better with our code mainly in the JSP department for it's web interface …
Posted on Thu 28 January 2010 in geek • Tagged with codmw2, games, ps3
I actually has an opportunity to play with the Special Ops mode of CoD4:MW2 last night with a friend. Despite a terribly laggy connection we had a blast working our way through the Alpha and early Bravo missions. I suspect the AC-130 mission was the most fun although the …