Those high speed Myki scanners
DaleI 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. …
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…