User: diggory

Alas, the mini doesn't do the right rez. for TVs

On: Top Apple Rumors, Bricks, Low Price, NVIDIA

I've got a mini connected to my HD LCD TV via DVi->HDMI cable, and I love it - it offers far more flexibility than an AppleTV, although you sacrifice usability. I tend to VNC into it from my laptop, whereas the AppleTV UI is designed to be operated via the simple remote. Unfortunately iTunes won't let you download HD content to a desktop machine, only AppleTV units are allowed that privilege. There also appears to be an issue with the integrated graphics card/processor which means it doesn't output the correct resolution, so you get black borders (the output doesn't fill the entire screen) http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-gb&q=mac+mini+tv+borders&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 If anyone knows how to solve this I'd be glad to hear about it.

You opensource weenies are always behind

On: Apple Drops Part of iPhone Developer NDA

We Apple fanbois are already on to G5 - http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5_Late_2005.html

Re:Wish List

On: Sci-Fi Tech We Could Have Right Now (For a Price)

* Cheap Nuclear Power

I've heard of not reading the f*ing article - but not reading the title of the post, that's impressive.

Re:Secretlab?

On: Who Wrote, and Paid For, 2.6.20

Of course they don't - it's a secret.

No more modem

On: MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop

Weirdly, Apple have decided that modems are now optional extras on Laptops. That makes sense for the iMac - but not on a PowerBook.

Mobile versions still not freee

On: Opera Free as in Beer

I see the Series 60 Symbian version is still payware.

How Co-incidental

On: Wil Wheaton Strikes Back

I happened to read this article during the breaks in the latest ep. of Enterprise (here in the UK, that is) - I read the joke about captains banging green girls - and then it turns out this epsiode is about a trio of green girls (one of which appears to be seducing Dr. Sam Beckett right now.. ) That is weird..

Lungs on a Robot?

On: Review: Star Wars Episode III

OK, a droid as a General - I have no problem with. A droid with lungs and a cough - Right.... maybe there could be some benefit to the organic lungs. I'll buy that for now. A droid with lungs that gets itself sucked into space as an escape route and appears to suffer no ill-effects. Sorry, not buying that.

Dave Hyatt making progress fast - and semi-openly

On: Firefox and Opera Fail the Acid2 Test

Dave Hyatt Is making progress with Safari's handling of the test, and blogging as he goes. very cool.

Motorola

On: Major Hangups Over the iPod Phone

I've seen a lot of mobile phones - I'm in the UK - and they've been prevalent for over a decade now. One of the things that amazes me about them is this: 1 - Motorola can't make good ones. 2 - That doesn't seem to stop people buying Motorola phones. I always warn people not to buy Motorola - they are always buggy and frequently crash completely (i.e. lock-up and require rebooting.) Yet they always buy them, and regret it a few months down the line. I think it has something to do with the form-factor - people couldn't get enough of the star-tac and that was awful. I'm not surprised that they're having problems with the phone - I bet it'll be a dog once it's released as well.

SuperMonkeyPowerBook

On: PowerBook As A New Kind Of Human Interface Device

Can't wait for the SuperMonkeyBall port.

Or Marble Madness...

Some shareware game dev will find a use for it.. Just like those people who made an EyeToy clone for iSights.

http://www.toysight.com/

Ten English Pounds to the First person who...

On: Linux-based Bluetooth Robot

Discovers the undocumented "Release Poison Gas" Command.

CSS could be Slashdot's weakest link

On: CSS Support Could Be IE7's Weakest Link

Since we're talking about bringing old beasts up to date on CSS - how's Slashdot's CSS-isation coming about?

Please, no "do it yourself" quips - I have no intention of learning perl in the near future, and have other projects to attend to.

Interesting...

On: Battlestar Galactica Season 2 This Summer

"Production will resume in March in Vancouver, B.C., with the entire ensemble cast returning..."

Hmmm.... The entire cast you say? That's interesting...

Argh! Look out - it's the rozzers

On: Serial Burglar Caught on Webcam

Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster Error 403 www.grisby.org Thu Feb 17 16:11:24 2005 Apache/2.0.40 (Red Hat Linux)

Argh! I was trying to access a Forbidden Object that was protected by his server - will it email a photo of me to the Rozzers (cops)?

Nice - but with problems

On: RadioShark for Windows and Mac OS X

I got one for christmas - and love it. But it does have a few drawbacks:

• Reception can be very poor unless you use the (included) USB extender, and I find, that for some reason, it gets best reception when the USB cable is hanging vertically. (attaching headphones to the socket seems to make little or no difference.)
• No AppleScript support. I've had to hack up some nasty GUI scripts that require both the name and the frequency of the station hard-coded. (yuk)
• No RDS (minor niggle)

CAPTCHA - Politically Incorrect, but effective

On: Comment Spams Straining Servers Running MT

I run WordPress and used to get hit by many casino/cialis spams. I found that I get no comment spam after using a WP hack (http://www.gudlyf.com/index.php?p=376) called AuthImage, which is a CAPCHA (basic Turing test based on character recog.) I strongly recommend it, and would be grateful to any OSS vigilante who could port it to a proper WP plug-in.