Sunday, October 26, 2003 - Posts

posted Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:00 AM by Mike Taulty :: 0 Comments

PDC Day 0 - Pre Conference Talks

so, I've been disconnected from the 'net for a few days because I made a decision not to bring my laptop (circa year 2000, little CPU power, little memory, little harddrive, _lots_ of weight!!!) to the PDC. In fact, I try not to take my laptop anywhere Read More
posted Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:00 AM by Mike Taulty :: 0 Comments

Local news

Naturally, there's lots of news coverage around the fires burning over here in California. I sat next to a guy in a bar who reckoned they were down to the South of the city but it looks like they're more to the North & East - guess there's a lesson in Read More
posted Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:00 AM by Mike Taulty :: 0 Comments

On Queues

It appears that the British are spending 33 minutes a week standing in queues. I'm not sure if that's meant to include traffic jams but I'm guessing not ;-) I think I should qualify for a queueing rebate as I've just spent large chunks of the last 3 days Read More
posted Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:00 AM by Mike Taulty :: 0 Comments

Sony PSX

Just catching up on various tech news stories - this story that Sony's planning to ship their PSX for around $1000 is interesting - it sounds like a pretty big gamble for Sony to move that box from a single market into spanning a couple of markets. I Read More
posted Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:00 AM by Mike Taulty :: 0 Comments

Against the outsourcing trend

Wow - a company moving against the outsourcing trend - I guess it's a blip rather than any sign of a sea-change. Read More