Author Archives: Donncha

Great, I tried to download email to my 7650 this morning, followed all the directions online and in the supplied manual and it didn’t work. A 10 minute call to Vodafone (via a freephone number) resulted in them “escalating my problem” and someone will be in touch in a day or two.

Nokia 7650 links

Myself and Martina saw the excellent City Of God last night. Wow! It’s bloody, it’s gritty and doesn’t hold back. Go see it!

OfB.biz: Open for Business – Desktop Dreams in the Wake of MandrakeSoft’s Bankruptcy

Yeah, right. Just to be clear, I don’t agree with a single word I just said, but that statement is an exclusive first look at what all of the GNU/Linux desktop critics will start crying out once again.

Salon.com Technology | Liberation spectrum

Editor’s note: “Liberation Spectrum” is the second short story by Cory Doctorow published by Salon.

Must read when I get home tonight!
I’m in the middle of “Prey”. Wow. It’s an excellent book! My heart was pounding during the part where the main character is outside the research station… *gulp*

Derek’s Rantings and Musings: Sweet Jesus, AOL Guy! I want to cancel my goddamn service! – this reminds me, I still have an Indigo account. Thankfully I didn’t have a credit card when I signed up there so many moons ago..

The Worlds Top Ten | BBC World Service – just a reminder, “A Nation Once Again” is the number one song in the world!
Make sure you go down to the bottom right of the page and click yes to the question, “Do you think this poll accurately reflects the Top Ten songs around the world?”

TIMEeurope.com: Poll — The Biggest Threat To Peace, 82% or respondents agree with me!

A Senior Citizens Introduction to Linux

Here’s a screenshot of Galeon with tabs along the left, inspired by this page.