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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Applications on the go
It took a very long time indeed for me to see the value in mobile phones that you could use to do more than talk to other people and send SMS messages. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) for connecting mobile … Continue reading
Restarting Windows 7
In a previous column, I wrote that I was having a fine time using Microsoft’s recently-released Windows7 operating system. My very favourable first impression has not changed after much intensive use, and I figure that the company really hit the … Continue reading
Kindle – & the mystery place
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about electronic versions of books and the fact that these were becoming more and more popular.
Posted in FishNet, Internet Media, Podcasts
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Amazon, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Kindle
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Damn that thieving YouTube
As time thieves go, YouTube must be a hands-down winner. While researching for my column this coming weekend, I happened to go past YouTube and think that I would quickly look up Kay Starr to see what she sounded like. … Continue reading
Posted in FishNet, Internet Media, YouTube
Tagged Connie Francis, Kay Starr, Patst Cline, Rockabilly
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The evil empire strikes back, belatedly.
Good news arrived in my inbox just as I was sitting wondering what to base this column on. The message was from the evil empire, Telkom, and basically said that its ADSL customers were going to be getting more bandwidth … Continue reading
Posted in FishNet, Internet Media, Online
Tagged BBC Radio, Bill Kenwright, Brian Matthews. Russell Davies, Desmond Carrington
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The impossible shot ??
This picture doesn’t look like much at first glance but it’s a testimony to how far digital photography has come and how it now surpasses film in many ways and for many purposes. It came about when I was hurtling … Continue reading →