Posts by Andy Blackburn

Are they smart enough to suppress it on my day off?

Francisco Tárrega

What's wrong with Tárrega's Gran Vals? It's been the staple for long enough, I say let them keep it!

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsp6dR-fL4A

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Definitely still beta then...

Something missing

Ghana

Greece

Gibraltar should be between those two... still no Droid Market love, hence having to root my Desire to install Market Enabler.

Whoopsy

Technical Contact:

Pending Renewal or Deletion

P.O. Box 430

Herndon, VA 20172-0447

US

570-708-8786

Record expires on 14-Jan-2011.

Record created on 14-Jul-1997.

16GB

of native storage... no expandable or removable storage. As much as 16GB is plenty, surely this is a bit of a negative for the Nexus S?

Source: http://pocketnow.com/android/nexus-s-ditches-expandable-microsd-slot

All other pages..

... return a 404: http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/helicopter-warfare

Shoddy site management in anyone's books... a 503 - Service Temporarily Unavailable header should be returned, unless they want to mess up with their indexing within search engines.

It's a shame...

That since moving out of the UK, my 'droid won't show any paid-for or featured apps. I can search for free apps, but due to Google's policies, none of the others show unless I put my old UK sim back in the phone.

Annoying!

Wonder what

The "Axis of Awesome" have to say about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

The title is required, and must contain letters and/or digits.

AdBlock Plus or not, if the ads are compromised and exploited, then the site is going to be flagged, and if you're using Firefox you're going to get a warning page saying that the site "may harm your computer"...

Probably a good thing

Because, if he flew United, they'd probably have broken his guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Honesty

"it’s always about an hour later we get a panicked call on their mobile phones asking for them to be returned"

And I wonder, honestly, how many of those panicked callers are told "Sorry mate/luv, can't see it I'm afraid"?

*Awaits the flaming from some techy cabby reading el reg on "his" iphone*

Finally got my BOFH

at 17.12... guess that means it's finally pub oclock.

Err...

What was that about having knowledge that could be used to assist terrorism?

First prize: Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200.

Konami?

If only Hot Coffee could have been activated by the old: up up down down left right left right b a start combo...

Paris... obviously

I wonder how...

many more controlling accounts are registered on twitter, controlling said botnet. I'm with "H 5" on this one... I don't condone it, but 10/10 for smart-arsed-ness!

What about...

MyPets app to be developed for Gnipper, Gnasher and Rasher?

Unfortunately...

we all know that people, including my father, would click it :(

@Graham Dawson

I actually checked the datestamp of the article when reading as I was sure I had just gone back to my teens!

Hoist...

by their own petard? As TeeCee said... bet they nicked the copper, and ruined their neighbour's lucrative 419 scam on Ben S!

Or maybe a badger ate its way through?

Reusage...

I wonder how they're going to combat the fact that a number of the carriers in the UK reuse/recycle numbers after they have been dormant for a certain period of time.

As long as...

Leroy Jenkins gets a cameo, all is good!

Nailclippers...

... you're doing it wrong!

*Insert reference to feline playing an electronic, synthesised, piano type instrument*

Wait till the novelty wears off...

Mine's the one with cynic on the breast pocket, and pedant on the rear.

*sigh*

Loving the "track the outbreak" map on Sky:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Interactive-Graphics/Swine-Flu-Map

Similar email distributed here..

Am I actually working at Vulture Central? :

Extra Security arrangements have been made for Swanky Office In Canary Wharf on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd April. These include:

Additional 24 hour security; extra Security presence in front of ground floor reception

No entrance to building without ID

All visitors to be verified against daily client log, before allowed entry to reception.

Couriers will not be allowed to stop outside the building and will be vetted outside the building before being admitted to reception

No parking, or waiting for couriers, or cabs, will be allowed directly outside reception

Please postpone or reschedule any client meetings or visits from people outside the agency.

Ho Hum... I'm more impressed with my alternative route to work, which involves boats :)

@micronaut

Thumbs up for the Kubrick quote!

It's been a while

Since I read a BOFH as good as that one. Took me back to the old school days.

Paris, as she needs a good slamming every now and again.

2 hours to get your bags!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1310756,00.html?f=rss

Says it all really

BBC decision reversed

Following numerous complaints, el Beeb have reversed their decision:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/news/2007/12/19/51615.shtml

I'm off...

1405 here... PUB OCLOCK!

Was actually meant to leave 2.3 minutes ago, but got stuck waiting for the pain I knew would come... and it did :)

Got me coat...