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Motorola XOOM 3.1 update for Europe

spgennard — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:25:55 +0000

My beloved European XOOM finally is getting Android 3.1 support… Boy have I had to be patient… Android™ 3.1 for Motorola XOOM™ will soon be available over the air to all Motorola XOOM users in Europe. We expect the over-the-air …

Zero Day – Mark E. Russinovich

spgennard — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:08:30 +0000

Just finished reading “Zero Day” by Mark E. Russinovich. The author is a fellow at Microsoft and well know in the computer circles for also being the author of various tools from SysInternals a company he used to own. The …

Good News!

spgennard — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:04:26 +0000

I just purchased a look online and got the crappiest message in the world… thanks Amazon! Good News! You saved £0.00 on your purchase Kindle edition prices differ by country. The price for this Kindle edition is different from the …

Extruding Light Painting Out Of iPads

spgennard — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:05:00 +0000

Maria has a new iPad… perhaps I should pinch it and have some fun with it.. just like these chaps have… Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.

UK Windows Azure Online Conference–8th October

spgennard — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:21:46 +0000

As someone who is very interested in Windows Azure, I would like to draw your attention to a online conference being run Microsoft… An online conference: “Microsoft Online Cloud Conference: the TechDays team goes online” has had a date change. …

Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams

spgennard — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:30:25 +0000

Well Done Amy! – The picture is from Boston.com see link below: Amy Williams of Great Britain and Northern Ireland eyes the track ahead in the women’s skeleton run 2 on day 7 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on …

Valliant ecoTEC – Fault F.22

spgennard — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:53:24 +0000

Our boiler at home today decided to display a “F22 0.2″ message, at the same time I noticed it also had a low water pressure. Which I suspect was caused by myself bleeding the radiators of air the previous night, …