Monthly Archives: June 2010
Learning from others
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
— Groucho Marx
SlingPlayer on Android
I love my little slingbox. It means I can watch things recorded on my sky+ box when I am in hotel in another country. It means I can watch things in different rooms at home as I wish and now with the advent of the android player I can view things anywhere I can get a internet connection even on a train. It works with Wifi AND 3g – so the only issue now is how fast I can use up my monthly mobile bandwidth allowance.
England Soccer Manager Contracts
The English Soccer Manager job should be a 2 year contract that is renegotiated after each major tournament ( European / World cup )
England should not be stuck with a manager for 4 years after a poor performance. Do the job well or make way for somebody else to.
WordPress 3.0 – Excellent
http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/
- A plugin for almost everything you might want
- An open community to help you do the rest
- A library of themes to make it personal.
Combining UK National Insurance with Income Tax
Having two so very different forms of taxation i believe is unfair and complicates calculation. I believe that the most glaring unfairness is that national insurance contributions are capped such that if you earn more than £xxx you pay no further NI on anything above that amount. I believe that upper limit should be abolished, I would phase this in by raising the threshold by 50% of its previous level each year going forward. At the same time i would look at reducing the rate itself down from 11% to 10%
The reasons I don’t own an iPad/iPhone
Summarized nicely at
What it’s like to own an Apple product – The Oatmeal.
Good points
- The Tech is great
Bad points
- The marketing is scary intense
- The idea that the walled garden is “best for you”
Favourite Android Widgets
- AniAgenda ( calander + weather )
- 3G Data Usage
- Gmail unread mail
Favourite Android Apps
- DogCatcher (podcasts)
- Record It (remote programe sky+ pvr)
- BBC News
- Gentle Alarm ( alarm clock )
Favourite Websites
- http://google.co.uk
- http://bbc.co.uk
- http://evernote.com
- http://icanhascheezburger.com (lolcats)
- http://tv.com