Those high speed Myki scanners

I was wondering what the government meant when they said “high speed scanners”.  Well, I visited Jolimont station to have a look myself. No such thing as a high-speed scanner.  What they’ve done is add lots of normal scanners.

So assuming 500 people get off the train at Jolimont station station to watch [...]

A week with the Myki smartcard

Myki is the new ““smartcard”” travelcard which is to be used on public transport here.  Trains, trams and buses.

3 years late, $350 million dollars over budget, and it’s failed to deliver every promise.  Just like a typical IT project.

It doesn’t work on trams or buses yet.  Unlike train stations, trams and [...]

From Windows Vista to Windows 2000

Windows 2000 complains about you removing about USB devices.

After spending two years running Windows Vista, I find myself back using Windows 2000.  So what are the things I miss from Windows Vista?  Surprisingly little really:

No UAC. Windows 2000 complains about USB devices being removed. [...]

Vista Performance: Is it really that bad?

Here is what Adam Breindel wrote: Vista Performance: It Really Is That Bad, which I saw via Robert Scoble’s shared google reader list.

My comments in reply:

Enjoyed the post, and I am going to "sit on the fence" with my reply (ie. I kind of agree with you, but don’t)

My background, spent the [...]

“Windows Vista SP1 availability for technical customers” – with a bug or two FREE!

From the Vista Team Blog

… In my blog post on the subject, I noted that we were going to make SP1 available to customers in stages to make sure we delivered a great experience.  As I explained, one reason for this is that we are working through an issue with a small set [...]

Eating Your Own Dog Food - Windows Vista Testing

Readers might remember that I was testing Windows Vista…

Well I’ve just finished, and I’m back with the trusty Windows XP.

So why did I change back? Too many niggling problems with Vista.

Minor things like I can’t run a plugin for Microsoft Outlook, as it crashes part of Vista. And there is no [...]

Better to have and not need... - on self reliance, and the lack of, these days

Spent the last day looking at Windows Vista Beta 2. It’s amazingly stable for a Beta program.

Things I don’t like: * Office update doesn’t work * Some programs which worked under Windows XP don’t work here * Not a whole lot of driver support yet.

Things I like: * Security is much better.

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