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- An engineer just fixed my new Dell laptop. Can't knock next day onsite service. Pity the motherboard had to be replaced for a faulty buttonabout 1 hour ago from web
- Hit the 11 pages of iPhone apps limit. Managing hidden apps with Spotlight is too clunky. Need to manage lists of apps like songs in iTunesabout 2 hours ago from web
- Rumors of matte screens returning to the smaller Macbooks. Wonderful news if true. A 13" Pro in matte would perfection. http://bit.ly/10sbWPabout 18 hours ago from web
- After last year's cheap service on my Golf GTI, it turns out that the 4 year service involves replacing half the car. 4x the price! :-(about 22 hours ago from web
- Lots of new O'Reilly book apps on the iTunes store. Not sure it's my perfect reading device, but £2.99 for a full book is amazing pricingabout 23 hours ago from web
- Pre-ordered 2 copies of Windows 7 Home Premium. Can't go wrong at £44.97 each from Amazon.2:37 AM Jul 15th from web
- Surreal moment of the day: An enormous swan wildly flailing at cars on a very busy road. Thankfully it didn't throw itself under my wheels.7:11 AM Jul 10th from web
- Ye Olde Friars of Keswick are launching a website next year. My waistline will never be the same again: http://www.friarsofkeswick....7:06 AM Jul 10th from web
- My mini essay on Google's Chrome OS. Think I've captured some points that the rest of the Blogosphere have missed: http://bit.ly/nvQc76:23 AM Jul 10th from web
- Recommended iPhone apps: iYamato, Weather Pro, 3d Coaster Rush, Glass Tower, F.A.S.T, Harbor Master, AutoStitch, 4x4 Jam, Big Top 10, Peggle4:58 AM Jul 9th from web
- Sick of feeling like crap and having to work through it. Also sick of it being so warm and humid. Monday moan complete.8:34 AM Jul 6th from web
- Awesome augmented reality Tube map app. Almost makes me wish I lived in London again (but not quite) - http://bit.ly/19O8Wu8:06 AM Jul 5th from web
- Not very impressed with Firefox 3.5 on Mac. Lockups aplenty, and it doesn't seem to be very responsive in general.3:43 AM Jul 5th from web
- Watching the opening stage of the Tour de France. Looks like it's going to be an epic race9:29 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie
- New laptop has arrived (Dell Vostro 1720). Busy backing up the restore disks and installing my favoured XP, Win 7 RC and Ubuntu mix.6:55 AM Jul 2nd from web
- Very impressed with Drinkspiration By Absolut on the iPhone. Great production values for a free promotional app, and lots of content too.1:53 AM Jul 2nd from web
- My initial thoughts on the iPhone 3G S, culled from various emails to friends: http://www.distantparts.com...10:38 AM Jun 25th from web
- Impressed by Microsoft's Windows 7 preorder pricing. £49.99 for a full copy (not upgrade) of Home Premium looks like a good deal to me9:35 AM Jun 25th from web
- Will be getting my iPhone 3GS this evening. Black, 32Gb. Trying not to think about the price, but hopefully it will be worth it.3:34 AM Jun 23rd from web
- Have spent the weekend feeling poorly with hay fever. Can't decide whether a run in the sunshine will kill or cure me...4:45 AM Jun 21st from web
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- Name Steven Jackson
- Location North East England
- Web http://www.distan...
- Bio Fully paid up geek (direct debit), creator of Carsurvey.org, nemesis of the evil cat army
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