Links September 2012Links September 2012
Scott Adams has an interesting idea for political debates he calls “Fact Bubbler” [1]. It sounds implausible the first time you read it, but then so did Wikipedia. Arstechnica has[...]
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Server Use Per PersonServer Use Per Person
I’ve just read Diego’s response to an ill-informed NYT article about data-center power efficiency [1]. This makes me wonder, how much server use does each person have? Google Almost everyone[...]
Australian Mobile Phone CostsAustralian Mobile Phone Costs
I previously wrote about the changes to bundling prices by Virgin (which are similar to changes by other telcos) which make it uneconomical to take a bundled phone [1]. This[...]
Changing Phone Prices in AustraliaChanging Phone Prices in Australia
18 months ago when I signed up with Virgin Mobile [1] the data transfer quotas were 200MB on the $29 per month plan and 1.5G on the $39 per month[...]
Servers in the OfficeServers in the Office
I just had a conversation with someone who thinks that their office should have no servers. The office in question has four servers, an Internet gateway/firewall system, the old file[...]
Back to the Xperia X10Back to the Xperia X10
10 months ago I was given a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone [1] to replace my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. I also installed Cyanogenmod on it (here is a more[...]
Links August 2012Links August 2012
Google are providing some really good employee benefits including benefits to a life partner of a deceased employee [1]. It’s not known if all those benefits are available outside the[...]
Woolworths Maths FailWoolworths Maths Fail
The above is a picture of the chocolate display at Woolworths, an Australian supermarket that was formerly known as Safeway – it had the same logo as the US Safeway[...]
SSD for a WorkstationSSD for a Workstation
SSDs have been dropping in price recently so I just bought four Intel 120G devices for $115 each. I installed the first one for my mother in law who had[...]
Mirror DisplaysMirror Displays
When I previously wrote about the Retina display in the new Macbook Pro I was so excited that I forgot to even check whether the display reflects light [1]. A[...]