Digital Magpie

Ooh, ooh, look - shiny things!

Eclipse 3 Milestone 8

Has been released, get it from the usual place. Initial impressions are that the new look and feel has been cleaned up and much improved. I found the last release a little buggy (under Linux GTK) so hopefully this will be more stable.

Moron

New York Post. All I can say is: what… a… fucking… idiot. Next!

Update: The NY Post page has been moved so the link above no longer works. Sorry.

Travelling Power

I’ve been looking at ways to reduce the number of power adapters I need to carry around wqith me. My first thought was to get a USB charger for my phone, but this seems like a good idea as well. I’m hoping that they have an adapter for the Apple iPod as well, then I can go from three adapters to one in a single step, and get DC charging as well (for in flight power on planes mostly).

Powerpoint

Now, I like David Byrne’s stuff quite a bit, but we obviously have different definitions of the word professional: ‘PowerPoint can make almost anything appear good and look professional. Quite frankly, I find that a little bit frightening.’ (from Wired) For an opinion closer to my own, compare this.

ADSL

Welcome to the 21st century! Got my 1 meg. ADSL connection up and running today. Sweet!