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New Buildings and Apologies

In the grand tradition of this blog, I need to apologise for not posting again. I don't have much of a defence, except that I've been very busy at work for reasons that I can now talk about: My employer has finally received all the confirmations, funding and planning permission we need in order...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 07-21-2008
Building a Media Centre

As anyone who takes even a cursory glance at this site will know, I've been critical of Windows Vista for a very long time ( way before it became fashionable to bash it! Who says I'm not a trendsetter?). With Service Pack One being released I thought it was time for another decent trial. Building...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 05-05-2008
Windows XP SP3 - What I've found so far

Just some quick notes on what I've noticed, or been told by people I trust, about XP SP3 so far. My own experiences are based on a clean install at home and a few test upgrades at work (ah the benefits of being paid to do R&D). What XP Service Pack 3 is - and is not. Windows XP SP3 is a collection...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-28-2008
Windows XP SP3: Pretty damn good actually. Windows Live Installer: Sucks like a vacuum.

I was originally going to base the title on The Scorpions' " Rock You Like a Hurricane " but then I realised that "suck you" was open to all kinds of misinterpretation and wouldn't end well. Still on with what I really wanted to say. I've just done a clean rebuild of my...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-26-2008
You know what would be even faster?

I found this post on Lifehacker via Kurt Wismer , someone whose comments I've kept an eye on for since I started reading the alt.comp.virus newsgroup, which is quite a time ago now. Kurt seems to have the habit of annoying people by simply speaking the truth as he sees it and not spending too much...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-05-2008
Just because you're used to an abusive relationship, it doesn't make it OK.

I have to admit that some areas of the computer industry make me asahmed to be part of the IT profession at times. Take gaming - 1up.com's article on 5 botched game launches talks about Steam ... Yes, yes, we all love Steam now. By which we mean "It hasn't gone away yet, and people won't...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 03-22-2008
FDisk is back, now with a GUI interface.

Microsoft have released a new tool to render your Vista installation (even more) unusable and hence prod you into moving back to XP or buying a Mac. More info here . I'd love to give a serious review but the laptop we use at work to test Vista / simulate a "home user" accessing our services...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 03-21-2008
Internet Explorer 8 announced. No one appears to care.

So with great fanfare*cough*, Microsoft have announced the next version of their web browser , which will be Internet Explorer 8. Didn't see that one coming! Dean Hachamovitch, manager of the IE team, has some fun with 'alternative' names in the IE Team blog post I've linked to above...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 12-09-2007
Waiting to switch...

Glenn Wolsey posted today about his experiences with migrating from a desktop machine to a MacBook Pro and how it's caused him to re-think his storage strategy. This got me thinking about my own computers and storage needs. I'm actually very happy with my MacBook even if it isn't a 'pro'...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 11-29-2007
I can has Leopard upgrade?

I'm sure it'll come as no shock to regular visitors here to learn that I've upgraded to Leopard today. Will it last as long as my Vista install? Place your bets now! The Leopard install took about 30 or 40 mins with the "archive" install option, which tells OS X to archive away...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 10-26-2007

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