Category Archives: General

SQL Import from database for SQLEditor

I now have the first version of database import working for SQLEditor. This means that you can point it at a database and it will grab the structure of the database directly. Currently it’s missing foreign key support, but it … Continue reading

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Amazing looking computer

The people over at mini-itx.com have a picture of a most amazing looking pc. It is mounted vertically in a table like case. With amythtv software, a video projector and a wireless keyboard it would make a wonderful, stylish and … Continue reading

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the non-life of Leynos

David (leynos) has set up a blog: the non-life of Leynos!

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Films I really want to see

Some films that I want to see (in no particular order)… Shrek 2 Spiderman 2 The Bourne Supremacy Love Me If You Dare The Terminal I Robot (thanks to Dhruba for the idea)

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Not much writing recently

Unfortunately I’ve been really busy recently working on SQLEditor (and some other things) so I haven’t really been writing much. Not sure how that’s going to change in the weeks ahead, but hopefully I’ll be writing a bit more.

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USB connectable mobile phone

Simple thought today: a USB mobile phone. So you could just plug it straight into a laptop or something, without bluetooth or infra-red. I think Motorola tried something like this with the timeport 280 and also the A920; but I … Continue reading

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Very slight redesign of MalcolmHardie.com website

Observant readers may notice a slight change to the malcolmhardie.com website (if you came in from there). The fonts for the titles have been resized and the stupid red boxes have been removed. Hopefully it all looks more visually cohesive. … Continue reading

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Missing Email

I just had the thought that there is email that I should have, but can’t find. Which is bad, given that I’ve been trying to archive all of my email. The key question obviously is where has it gone? And … Continue reading

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Shareware and Serial Numbers

Not much posting recently. But I’ve been working getting SQLEditor ready for release. The big things recently have been bug fixes and developing a serial number system. It’s extremely annoying to have to spend any time at all working on … Continue reading

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Ringtone pricing vs Other Content

David made an interesting point in a comment recently about the ridiculous prices people are paying for ring tones and how this may be encouraging news for more sophisticated content (like video). If people are willing to pay 50p or … Continue reading

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TV on 3G Mobiles

According to this BBC Article there is a growing move towards tv programming on mobile phones. The key disadvantage is the amazingly high cost; one of the people interviewed paid $50 for 45 minutes. High pricing seems to be a … Continue reading

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Cross Platform Applications

With the announcement of Dashboard in Mac OS X 10.4 Apple, like many other companies, seems to have gone for a standards based approach. Dashboard is said to be based on HTML, CSS and javascript. A webpage in all but … Continue reading

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Definitions in spellchecker?

There have been lots of articles today in newspapers because the Oxford English Dictionary publishers have claimed that people are confused and choosing words incorrectly. For example “pouring” instead of “poring”. The problem being that people are basing the word … Continue reading

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No Chopsticks?

Despite being absolutely huge the Sainsbury’s at Cameron Toll in Edinburgh doesn’t sell Chopsticks. I even went so far as to ask! Not one chopstick to be found (although presumably I would need at least two to actually get anywhere … Continue reading

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Do I think enough?

I’ve been wondering today if I actually think enough to call this weblog “Angus Thinks”? Is there a requirement to think a certain amount to be able claim that I do think and does the subject matter actually matter? I … Continue reading

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Apple WWDC announcements

Well by now everybody probably knows about this, but I thought to follow up my previous post. Apple launched the most amazingly large flat panel screens on Monday. The largest is a 30″ lcd panel. There was also a demonstration … Continue reading

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Added a few new links

I just got finished adding a few new links. It’s getting to be this sort of six-degrees of weblog kind of thing. How can I get from here to any other page on the internet via only the links on … Continue reading

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Keypads disappearing from mobile phones?

What purpose does the keypad actually serve on a mobile phone? Most people these days are not typing numbers on it. Numbers are usually stored in the address book. People type sms messages on it, but is that efficient? T9 … Continue reading

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Nokia 6600

Dhruba posted a review of the Nokia 6600 a while back. He also let me borrow it for a few minutes to play a game on it and it is beautiful to use. Smart phones definitely seem to taking the … Continue reading

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Physical Media or just digital content

I was thinking the other day about whether you actually need physical manifestation of media content. Does a movie gain something by being physically on a DVD rather than being stored digitially on a computer? There is definitely one advantage … Continue reading

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