SHKSPR.mobi exists to bring the world's greatest playwrite to the SMS generation! No more will teenagers have to read long and complex prose, they can have everything compressed into a language with which they are more familiar!That is, of course, a load of nonsense. This site exists because I wanted a test bed for all my mobile content. I figured that abusing Shakespeare was the best way to…
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(Archived from AVforums) I'm always annoyed when I read people saying that "gold plated cable blessed by Trappist Monks" is the only way to get excellent picture quality. To my mind, bog standard CAT5 patch cable is capable off up to 100Mb/s - it should easily cope with component signals. To this end - I decided to whip up a cheap cable to see how it would perform. Photos were taken on Nokia…
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(Recovered from The Wayback Machine) If You Only Knew The Power... A fully operational PJ-TX100 The Awesome Power of the Cinematograph The Stunning Clarity of Vision The Utter Mediocrity of this Movie …
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Terry Eden (Connect) speaking in support of Composite Motion 10. I want to focus on public procurement and the role it can play in driving forward social and environmental goals and, in particular, raising labour standards. The money public authorities spend on buying goods and services amounts to £108 billion every year from major capital projects to buying office stationery. Our public money …
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This is a necropost - resurrected from one of my ancient USENET posts. In an exclusive preview of the new series, GEORGE MURPHY tells CulTV why the show is possibly the worst thing you will watch on British Television in 2005 CulTV's review of "Rose" Here's my exclusive review of CulTV's review. Get over it, Granddad. I sat and watched it with a bunch of guys (and girls! You know, girls -…
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...Are fun! One way mirrors, free booze, constructive comments on your products, free food and the endless comedy of people mispronouncing your company's name :-)All fun and games when you work at Vodonfone! (Imported from my old blog) …
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I'm just on the coach back from the Vodafone annual Ball. That was amazing. We knew there would be four musical acts on - but no one had any idea who they were. First up, the incomparable Madness if that had been the headliner, I think a lot of people would have gone home happy. Straight after that - Sheryl Crow! I must admit that I could only name three or four of her songs, but she is an…
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I had a hair cut the other day. My hair is now short. Well... Shorter. It's still halfway down my back but it feels so odd. Still, it's nice not to have split ends :-)I remember whenever anyone at school had even so much as a trim we'd chant "haircuuuuuuuut".I never knew why. (Imported from my old blog) …
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I love attending pub quizes - it's the trivia geek inside me. There's nothing quite like putting your mind to the task of solving odd riddles, remembering the exact date of an event, or working out who did what. All good, clean, wholesome fun! Apart from the foul stench of tobacco - the sooner they ban smoking in pubs the sooner I'll be in to spend my money. Who wants to come home smelling like…
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Thanks to a team of good friends - moving house isn't nearly as stressfull as I thought it would be. Although not having any curtains means that a dawn waking is inevitable. (Imported from my old blog) …
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[This was the Friday Giggle sent to Vodafone UK Grads last week. Enjoy!] Welcome to the New and Improved "Noise!" Your official guide to what's going on in the mobile industry. Rapid Increase in Product Numbers The mobile phone industry was thrown into chaos last week as Sharp made public its plans to launch what it described as "a massive amount of numbers." Rumours began to fly that their…
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Yet more mumblings of e-voting at El Reg. Does anyone seriously think that e-voting is a good idea? Ignoring the fact that PRIVATE companies have complete control over the PUBLIC election process and ignoring the usability nightmare and ignoring what happens when there's a power cut, you still have the fact that it wont solve the fundamental problems of voting. 1) Low voter turn out. I t…
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