Daily Archive: March 31, 2008

Vista and the Thinkpad X60T

Out of the box I had a few issues with my Thinkpad X60T running Vista: After a morning working by the beach the wireless network was often disabled when I plugged in at home,  I needed to do a “Diagnose and repair” to re-enable it After a not so useful...

Too much stuff

Over the Christmas holiday I boarded out the loft and insulated the rafters.  We now have a great space up in the loft, but unfortunately it’s already full with all the stuff we’ve accumulated.  I’ve got to the point now where I really hate “stuff”.  About 10 years ago we...

I’ve been reading about the future of mobile IT

I’m currently working on our Mobile working strategy and by chance I happened to be reading Hominids which has a wonderful description of a mobile Companion device and sensors.  The concept of use was pretty inspirational and reminded me of the even more futuristic vision of “Jane” in the Ender...

More on multiple monitors

Everyone knows I love multiple monitors,  I have 3 * 19″ all the same model and type and all cheap ones that are just fine for my simple needs (ie not Gaming).  Here are a few things I’ve learned in the 3 years I’ve used them: A laptop – single...