Simon Wilson
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Good Installation Errors & Visual Studio 2008
Have spent the last 2 days trying to get the RTM version of Visual Studio 2008 to install and what an experience that has been. Kept getting an error during the overall install process with the Web Authoring Component and… Continue reading
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The MacBook Air – The Missing Link?
Lots of articles around on the MacBook Air including The Fishbowl: Heavier than Air. But what is the Air really missing? Well to my mind the real missing link here is a 3G cellular solution just like the iPhone –… Continue reading
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Oracle’s VM – Does it really matter?
Oracle have now jumped on the virtualization bandwagon and launched their own VMM based on the Open Source XEN hypervisor. There seems to be a fair amount of confusion around Oracle’s support policy running within a VM environment as noted… Continue reading
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ESX 3i hosted in vmware workstation
Well thanks to all those articles out the net I now have my ESX3i server picked up at vmworld running nicely inside vmware workstation. Next step is to get even more esoteric and load up a VM within a VM,… Continue reading
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Attention – That’s what counts
The wonderful Presentation Zen posts recently to “Don’t Make a speech. Put on a show” and this reminded me of the lecturer I remember most from my University days. Most, if not all, other lecturers used books, papers, overheads (days… Continue reading
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The iPhone Interface – How new is it?
I was pointed towards this presentation by Jeff Han at TEDTalks today and here he talks about research into dual-touch user interfaces. Lots of talk about two finger guestures to zoom in/out etc pretty much what the iPhoner is supporting. And… Continue reading
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The iPhone is not a Phone!
Just been reading up on the Apple iPhone announcements and it looks really cool. BUT it is not a phone, what phone requires you to press a button before you start dialing and I still didn’t see in Apple’s videos… Continue reading
Musings in a wired world 