Red's Ramblings v.2

Jayne got me an iPhone for my birthday and I’m busy setting up all my options for mobile blogging and twittering. I suppose I’ll have to wait for firmware 2.0 for a Skype client then I’ll be fully set. And the nearest free wifi (other than home)? My local boozer. Result!

This will be my last ever post from my thirties. From tomorrow I’m in my forties. I’ll let you know if my outlook on life changes.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Quick guide: Cracked DRM systems An old article but non the less worthy of a posting especially as its from the BBC. The very same BBC that is championing DRM in the iPlayer, doing a great job pointing out the futile uselessness of DRM. Go figure.

Pete Callaway gave me a heads up this morning with a Twitter that arrived on my phone via SMS. Indeed I had been waiting for an update to the Airport Extreme’s disk functionality to allow it to work with Time Machine, something that has had numerous mentions in this very blog. I downloaded the update [...]

I’ve been well voiced in the past on the iPlayer but despite this I’ve not had need to use it since the streaming sticking plaster offering. That was until now. Great.

I recently mailed Virgin Media’s customer relations following John Dow’s lead. I got a long emailed reply that may or may not have been a cut and paste that they are currently using. I suspect it was. “The customer’s privacy is totally protected, again to reiterate no personal information is collected and what we will [...]

Phorm agrees to independent inspection of data pimping code | The Register: “Phorm has agreed to allow an independent software expert to inspect its source code as it continues to battle the firestorm provoked by agreements with BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse to let it build profiles of their broadband customers’ web browsing.” I [...]