Blatant OptimismA blog about technology media and society. That got sidetracked by silliness and politics. <br/>And then further by a small person called Daisy.iRaid- January 31, 2008 I've been increasingly looking at getting some network storage for our house. The cellar has a nice ethernet patchbay we could hang it off, and having to reconnect an external firewire drive every time I want to synchronise my music is a total pain. But then I realised I already have three ipods that are in various stages of knackeredness - but only the control surfaces or headphone outputs. 140GB would keep me going quite nicely actually... Why isn't there a gadget which would allow you...http://www.sparklefluff.com/blatantoptimism/archive/001407.html Propware- January 18, 2008 Today's latest neologism: 'Propware' is software bought by an amateur to make them feel like a professional, even though the professionals may not actually use it. e.g. is Final Draft propware, or do real scriptwriters still use Wordhttp://www.sparklefluff.com/blatantoptimism/archive/001406.html whistles embarrassingly- January 11, 2008 Yeah, I've not done to much of this blog updating I promised, have I In my defence there's a big big pile of films to be watched. Normal - or rather as-intended - service to be resumed in a week or so...http://www.sparklefluff.com/blatantoptimism/archive/001405.html |