Why was it difficult?
“Tesco said it had been “a difficult decision” to end its trade with Zimbabwe.”BBC NEWS | Business | Tesco to end trade with Zimbabwe
Monthly Archives: June 2008
You have to wonder…
…would Apple buy Sony? Spin off the media business and then slowly close down the Sony brand and move it over to Apple.
Daring Fireball Linked List: Conglomerate
It’s a decade long job but possible.
Some things never change…
“Two millenia ago, the Romans noticed how the Gauls always expected the worst and the trait is known to anyone who lives in France. “La crise” has been a permanent state of affairs since, well, about the 11th century”
Charles Bremner – Times Online – WBLG: French gloom deepens but don’t pay attention
Gates understands it…
I can only assume that he gets tech support calls from his family as well.
“Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable? The file system is no longer usable. The registry is not usable. This program listing was one sane place but now it is all crapped up.”
This is how to do a team meeting…
If you ever wondered if…
…something as simple as dancing badly coould change the world
Don’t know what to buy…
…then just buy the brand.
“…Then the shopping. Whatever the new thing is, you need it.”Why? Fabulous has an astute answer. “It’s because nobody has a clue what’s tasteful and what’s not. You’ve got all this money but no idea what to buy. So everybody just copies each other or goes for the big name. That’s why brands are so important. They think, ‘If that costs more, or it’s new, it’s got to be better.'”
The secret WAG: Absolutely Fabulous – People, News – The Independent
iMac working again…
So how did I get the iMac working again?
Simple, I put in the installation DVD and went 24 hours back in time.
Apple – Mac OS X Leopard – Features – Time Machine
I’m amazed how well it worked; you’ve got to love technology like that.
Testing the link…
This is a VERY cool idea. Almost everyone I know uses www.google.com to test if their connection is working; now they will be able to get the next layer of information.