Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (along with Windows Server 2012) represent Microsoft’s bet on the next four years of personal and business computing. Windows 8 is getting a lot of negative press, from everywhere, while Windows Phone 8 is slated to be the final nail in Nokia’s coffin. But Continue Reading
Starbucksgate: Mind the GAAP
For the past few weeks the press has been filled to the brim with stories about the “immoral, but not illegal” tax practices of some of the world’s biggest companies. Most focus has been on Starbucks (who managed to pay less than 1% corporation tax on £3bn revenues in the Continue Reading
Mozilla Launches Firefox OS 1.0 Simulator
I’ve spoken of my excitement for Firefox OS before, but now Mozilla have released version 1.0 of the operating system simulator into the wild. An entirely-web-based operating system poses an enticing, compelling experience for the user; an experience known as “continuous client” because it follows you across your devices as Continue Reading
Gentlemen’s Guide to Toilet Etiquette (Part 4): Festive Edition
In this special episode, the Gentlemen’s Guide to Toilet Etiquette shares a cautionary tale about the dangers of festive starters, through the most manly of mediums: poetry. Wait, what? When Christmas comes, this time of year, We all indulge in wine and beer, And eat until we’ve had our fill, Continue Reading
FlightLevel390 has Vanished! Hello, Dave?
Have you seen him? He’s vanished off the interwebz! The mysterious, greying Captain, fond of Japanese superbikes and perfect landings, only known as “Dave” has removed his blog, “flightlevel390”. And I’m not the only one who is missing this paragon of aviation blogging awesomeness… In fact, you don’t have to look very Continue Reading
Automatic Task List in Visual Studio
The Task List in Visual Studio is apparently very well hidden. But if you’ve ever put a “TODO” comment in some code in Visual Studio, you’ve already started to use it! This is a feature of Visual Studio that has been around since at least VS 2005 and yet I Continue Reading
Christmas List Message to Santa
This morning I sent my Christmas list to Santa Claus, ol’ Saint Nick, Pére Noel, Hanky the Christmas Poo, or if you’re feeling traditional, Father Christmas. To: Amy (The Wife) From: Richard Subject: Christmas List Dear Santa, This year I have been a very good boy, I even let Amy Continue Reading
Landing the Boeing 737
“Ladies and Gentlemen, does anyone know how to fly a plane?” The question they should be asking is, of course, “does anybody know how to LAND a plane?” Flying is easy. Landing is hard. It is every Flight Simulator geek’s dream to be asked into the cockpit to save a pressurised Continue Reading