Author: Paul

I have had a couple experiences lately where new versions of software I have been using simply didn’t cut it.  The older versions did a better job of it and I wound up removing the new versions and restoring the older ones. One example is Adobe Reader 7.0 (formerly Adobe’s Acrobat Reader).  I am curious […]

I had a good laugh earlier.  I was walking back from my preferred lunchtime hangout, a Seattle Coffee Company shop in an Exclusive Books store nearby, when I noticed one of their vans in the parking lot of the parking garage.  I snapped some photos of the back of the van.  Take a look, you’ll […]

I am sure I am not the only one who has seen what is going on at Apple.  I saw a link off Scobleizer to the Apple mini.  I checked it out and, my hat, it is a sexy little box! Update:  Apparently these two little guys are going to arrive in South Africa in […]

I came across this brilliant site as a link on a Sun executive’s blog.  It takes a pretty realistic look at possible advances in the presentation of totally customised media by two growing giants in the media industry – Google and Microsoft.  The ‘history’ is plotted through to 2014 and it really isn’t that implausible […]

Step into the Sunlight Feel the pain wash away Enter in the Soul-light Just BE in today. Forget all emotion Put your trust in the day Let the past rush on by you Put your Self in THE WAY. one & infinite – lynne milum – universal light

I should be working on my manuals …  I was in the process of getting through all my mail I came across this one on Eclecticism and gave it a go (you can call me The Procrastinator!): Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well. An […]

I have been knocking off a bunch of emails today (as you can imagine I just might in the course of a work day) and I found myself looking for a blockquote function in my mail program (Novell GroupWise if you must know).  I realised how used to the blogging interface I have become.  Blogging […]

As I mentioned last night, we went to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow last night.  If you haven’t seen it already I recommend it.  We had a great time and loved the way the movie was presented.  It is an adventure movie set in the 1940s.  Jude Law plays Sky Captain, the […]