Category Archives: Downtime

MDEC 2005

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Went to MDEC 2005. Learned lots about the windows mobile platform and the .NET Compact Framework V2.0 and Windows CE V5.0 Earned my Frank Arrigo spotting badge. Learned that most of the phones being sold now will never be able to … Continue reading →

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When Photo Blogging Goes Bad

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

I Live In Sydney   I Catch A Bus   My Son Thinks This Phone Is Silly

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Sil 3112 + Western Digital = Pain

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Some lunch time browsing – I am now seeing a pattern. There seems to be a common sob story. Sil 3112 + Western Digital = Pain http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32717 http://forums.hexus.net/archive/index.php/t-27260.html http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/25671/ I did however find the latest and greatest driver. http://www.short-media.com/download.php?dc=46 There even appears … Continue reading →

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If I had been born a woman… or as a piece of polyhedral dice

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Ok – so I have gone exploring those silly online quizes that give you an icon at the end to represent yourself. It started with one and two and…. *sigh* If I had been born a woman it seems that … Continue reading →

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Some Cool New Things

Posted on June 21, 2005 by James McParlane

Getting ready to recover all by blog posts in the next few days. Made lots of progress in MetaWrap in the apache mod area. JS/UIX 0.43 – The JavaScript virtual OS and terminal application for the web. http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/ Social Command Line http://www.yubnub.org/

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Disaster – HD Death!

Posted on June 6, 2005 by James McParlane

ARgghhhh!!!!! This little blog site was non-essential – so I didn’t really every back it up. So I have just lot 5 months worth of posts… Lets hope that Google cache or archive.org has most of them 🙂

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Came So Far For Beauty

Posted on January 30, 2005 by James McParlane

Second Row – Left of center 🙂 Went to this last night. Was great fun. Highlights – Nick Cave bounded onto stage, only to croon uncomfortably while straining against his short mic lead like some wild animal exploring the limits of a new cage. He attempted … Continue reading →

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Shhh – Busy Thinking

Posted on January 19, 2005 by James McParlane

Painted a shed. Thinking about current step in parser code. In a non coding mood – nesting with real world things. Wired up my old keyboard amp to sit under the desk and act as a subwoofer. Reading a good … Continue reading →

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I Have Joined Fumbling Hordes Of The Self-Inflicted Legally Deaf

Posted on January 11, 2005 by James McParlane

Everyone at Massive has been given an iPod-Mini for Xmas. Now I walk the streets, legally deaf, a peril to those around me I fumble at the traffic buttons waiting for the reassuring vibrations before I fling myself before the … Continue reading →

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Back from holidays….

Posted on January 10, 2005 by James McParlane

Back to the big city – should start coding again in a few days…

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