I’ve just updated five installs of WordPress 2.9 from the admin panel to the newly released WordPress 3.0 in under 30 minutes. No FTP required, no problems, nice and easy thanks to the guys at wordpress.org.
WordPress 3.0
New Battery, Good Times
I took my MacBook Pro to the Apple Store in Aberdeen today. I
was fed up with the poor performance of the battery after only having it for 5 months.
They ran a simple diagnostic on the battery from an iPod (as an external drive), and produced a beautifully coloured graph which I’ve recreated for you all to see. Read the rest of this entry »
Why I’m not iMad for the iPad

Even if I do feel instantly engaged when I get my first iPad experience (which I will go out of my way to get), there’s no way in hell I’m splashing out at least $499. Why? Simply this: what on earth would I use it for that I can’t already do on my Laptop or phone? Nothing. Can I sync my iPods and iPhone with it? No. Can I be more productive on my MacBook? Yes. Will it fill a void in my life and make me feel special? Only if I’m a self-indugent narcissist, which I would hope I’m not.
On the other hand it does look quite nice. If I had the spare cash would I buy one? Probably. I’d say I fall in the category: iPad = luxury item.
It’s a no brainer for me. No thanks. What about you?

Twitter have unveiled their plans on monetizing their social networking site. Called “Promoted Tweets”, initially they will include advertising within search results and on the Twitter website, and later ads will appear in the ‘feed’ to 3rd party applications such as an iPhone or desktop Twitter client.