Posts by jaffy2

Those who live in glass houses....

I can't even buy a Tesla without signing up for an account, or manage it.... When I drive it, recordings automatically are uploaded to the Elon-cloud for AI analysis and training without any opt out!

So much change, and now more security

The joys of creating an IPX/SPX boot disk with Doom, ready for lunchtime. The game spread around the local government office I worked in at the time - one day the traffic saturated the link between two buildings! The network manager at the time deployed a shadow network in one room of coax cable. Remember showing up and connecting that pop out PCMCIA card to the BNC connector. Felt like a brave new world and the ultimate camaraderie.

NT came along replacing WFWG and revolutionised how our network was secured, along with the bootstrap! Logging in with a ctrl + alt + delete and moving to Active Directory feels normal now, but was odd when we were used to a mega login script. Great times, generating passion for technology in the workplace in the 90s.

We're never coming back!

Even if I wanted to come back to the office 80% of the time, my calendar is stuffed full of Teams meetings supporting global time zones. My colleagues have shifted their workplaces, states and even countries during the pandemic. There's nothing more demoralizing than trudging into the office to spend all day on calls with other people who are at home! 9-5 is no more.

Still waiting for the monitors I ordered in June 21

Dell tell me there's a glass shortage for 34 Curved displays. Ordered 5 in June for delivery in October. In October they were pushed back to May 22!

Network Enhancement Fee

$3.50 a month on top of $50 month Internet service. Just a greedy grab for extra funds. I really need to drop them for TV but no other option for fast internet until the magical 5G....

Ordered and returned XS Max

I ordered the new XS Max for my annual Apple upgradefest back in September. It arrived. It was massive and not worth the extra payment every month so back it went. Until Apple do something revolutionary for the iPhone, this is probably as good as it gets with a slightly faster CPU/better camera each year. Ridiculously battery life is reduced on the XS compared to the X - how did anyone sign off on that?

It's for recycling

It's not the manufacturers making the hardware difficult to repair, its to improve and cut costs in the recycling. Screws that hold cases together have to be manually disassembled. Macs and Surfaces are glued together so they melt in an oven and the components can be quickly separated for recycling.

However, it does mean that nothing can be repaired (even by the manufacturer) without damaging the glued components. I'm guessing someone has done a calculation that this is cheaper.

With that logo, they really need to rename to Open15

I'm a fan

Moved away from Verizon when the iPhone 6S came out. I've been really impressed with TMo coverage; its either the same, or better than Verizon where I've travelled in the US. Where it really excels is international travel. I no longer have to play the game of coming out of airplane mode to update Google maps and back to airplane to conserve the 100mb of roaming data for $40 deal from Verizon.

They did screw the pooch over BingeOn, but I'm glad I could just opt out.

Southwest One

Maybe they saw how well it worked in Somerset with the IBM "partnership"...