James Titcumb

Came across this video (via The Register), and being a father of a 5 month old beautiful daughter, this video really hit home for me.

Seeing the lifeless infant after the accident, the motionless stare, was just horrible to watch.

Warning: This video is not suitable for minors!

This video is just a dramatisation, but is a realistic representation of what could happen if you use a mobile phone whilst driving. Watch it, and maybe you’ll think twice…

Sometimes I have the need to get on the internet using my laptop instead of my lovely HTC Magic. To do that, I’d have to get mobile internet, which is yet another expense I don’t really want. Before I go ahead, I’d like to strongly discourage doing this on a regular basis. Vodafone’s “unlimited” internet is 500MB fair use policy, which when using a laptop can be used up really quickly – so proceed with caution! In addition, I do not know your contract to confirm that this will not void your warranty or violate your terms of service. You carry out these steps at your own risk and are provided here for informational purposes only. Basically, if you mess things up and Vodafone (or whoever your carrier is) comes knocking on your door, I’m not being held responsible. Read the rest of this entry »

A while ago I posted about the Open Handset Alliance, Google’s initiative to promote open source software on phones, as well as to help develop it’s own mobile device platform, Android. The Beeb announced today that Android will be first used on the new T-Mobile G1 handset.

I’m not sure if it’s direct competition to the new iPhone platform, but I really wouldn’t be suprised if Google had a good try at it. In fact, I really hope they do, and I hope it’s ten times better than the iPhone. If it is, I might pull myself away from Orange and get some T-Mobile action with the Google Android fun…

Thanks to a link found by Newboy, it looks like the new rage is Open Source Phone operating systems. Apparently I missed Google’s announcement of the Open Handset Alliance which looks pretty interesting! Nokia seem to be luke-warm on their heals by buying up the Symbian Foundation. Symbian is OK, but I’d be interested in what Google can do. Integration with the rest of my other Google services? Yes please!

And as for the latter part of that article, who cares if the iPhone will be 3G soon? It should’ve been 3G in the first place, and who the hell will pay $200 for an iPhone? iPhones are a bane on this earth, just like any other Apple product is.

Bring on Google’s world domination I say!

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As the title suggests, today was quite tiring for me. I spent most of it re-installing Ubuntu Server on Oblivion and getting fustrated with my consistently buggy backplane (new one arriving tomorrow!). Finally I managed to get Virtualmin up and running properly so the migration from Tampa can begin soon. The new server cases will arrive tomorrow so I expect tomorrow evening will be spent moving the hardware to the cases. I have a feeling the cabinet I have will fit the cases but have very little room at the back to breathe. I feel the need to buy a KVM switch is growing now I am moving into rack-mounted realms, so that is probably next on my list of stuff to buy. Anyway, I’m now sat chilling in the Deco with a pint, again having just had pizza… Hannah’s mum went to the train station and is on her way home now. I feel tired and sleepy, but life must go on…