Truly Wireless Internet Access

March 10th, 2010

I’m sitting on the train with my sister. Laptop at my fingers conected to the outside world of computers (aka the internet) using my iPhone. Feeling quite happy about this, even though the connection on trains going through country side aren’t that speedy it’s enough to get access to Google facilities which seem to do better than other websites for low bandwidth environments. My dad’s Samsung netbook has long battery life and is very small and portable. However it’s not really that comfortable to type on, but far superior text entry to that of the iphone, while also serving as a battery recharge for excessive use of the phone itself.

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My Weekly Twitter Roundup

March 7th, 2010
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My Weekly Twitter Roundup

February 28th, 2010
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My Weekly Twitter Roundup

February 21st, 2010
  • New Podcast: My Weekly Twitter Roundup – New Podcast: My Weekly Twitter Roundup New Podcast: My Weekly Twitter Rou… http://ow.ly/16zHj4 #
  • IPhone refusing to make data connections to edge. Hope it's just o2 refusing because I've used close to the limit this month. #
  • At kookaburra's restaurant, having meal with family. #
  • Too much food served here. Very full. #
  • Back to whitehills. Having chat with grandmother before leaving for home with brother. #
  • In brothers car travelling home from Scotland to his home in Manchester. #
  • In a citroen C4 grand Picasso 2L hdi exclusive with stereo upgrade. Very comfy. #
  • @billglover Ok, well I power cycled my phone this morning and it connected. guess Contract turning over incidental. #
  • I'm at Altrincham Station. http://4sq.com/c5FPtq #
  • @michaelcooper congrats on the mayorship of altrincham station. What do you do with your position? :-) #
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My Weekly Twitter Roundup

February 14th, 2010
  • New Podcast: My Weekly Twitter Roundup – New Podcast: My Weekly Twitter Roundup On way home from stockport. Weathe… http://ow.ly/16weTe #
  • Rail replacement service for wallasey village to hamilton square. Hope it doesn't make me late for my connecting train. #
  • London trip yesterday a success. Thorough planning useful but not complete cure for nervousness. Back to Dundee today. #
  • Getting iPhone tomorrow morning fingers crossed. Excited to be getting it at last. Been a long wait. #
  • On train to preston. Feeling a bit more relaxed now that i'm here. Decided not to worry. :-) #
  • Talking to man on train. He was on way to meet a date set up on the internet and was a bit nervous. Nice chat. #
  • Arriving edinburgh 17.40, departing for Dundee at 18.10. Trains seem on time. Al #
  • Nearly at Dundee. Train 10 min late. Fingers crossed can get to the bus station for 8. Watching kitchen nightmares. #
  • Man walking to bus station kindly let me walk with him. Arrived in time for bus thankfully. Waiting for the 20 to Forfar #
  • On the bus for last leg of journey. Feeling relieved.3 big trips in as many days completed. Back 2 looking after gparent #
  • IPhone recieving day. Woo. Hope the delivery company doesn't wait too long to come to me. #
  • No sign of IPhone delivery yet. DHL #fail geeky exited agitation ebbing away. Annoyance levels increasing. #
  • @BillGlover not really considered it this last week as I'm looking after gdad. Not so well therefore. in reply to BillGlover #
  • Got the iPhone and activated it at long last. Well chuffed. #
  • @8a22a Haha, thanks. #iPhone owners club not all that exclusive. :-) in reply to 8a22a #
  • @BillGlover re podcasting. Had a couple on wordpress site till I managed to break the iTunes compatiblity. Will do it once sorted out. in reply to BillGlover #
  • @haibins yes I do need a rest. Got one today thankfully. thanks. in reply to haibins #
  • Good morning world. Brilliant new day with my iPhone. #
  • @lizzish_ well you know what I'm like so this should be no surprise. in reply to lizzish_ #
  • I just unlocked the "Newbie" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/de1EQb #
  • I'm at Macari's. http://4sq.com/8YVuls #
  • @insanityinc I'm in Forfar for a little while. Thinking about organising a tweetup. Would you be up for that? #fofartweetup #
  • I'm at Alison's (88 Castle Street, Forfar). http://4sq.com/cUxjAv #
  • I'm at The Plough (48 Market Street, Forfar). http://4sq.com/abqadt #
  • RT @1rick There are times that I wish I was still behind the #gfw so I could have better access to some Chinese video sites #didijustsaythat #
  • @djwellis snow in Stafford? I'm in Scotland and hoping it doesn't reach me. ;-p in reply to djwellis #
  • I'm at Macari's. http://4sq.com/8YVuls #
  • I just unlocked the "Local" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9b3T1L #
  • O2 sim card not 3G compatible. Sales team #fail . have to wait till mon or tues for new card. Restricted to edge for last week. #
  • New mesh laptop ordered. Gamer 15.6 cs. Cards declined. 30 min phone calls and sorted. Expecting expensive Phone bill this month. #
  • Had iPhone a week and on edge network, deliberately used up 90% of monthly "unlimited" fair use bandwidth of 750MB. New month on 15th. #
  • Watching holby city with grand father as he follows it. Drank 2 glasses of wine, and enjoying the company, though not the tv show. #
  • @BillGlover aparrently not with much difficulty. Uploading lots of photos to flickr, and downloading emails and lots of apps. Takes time. in reply to BillGlover #
  • I'm at Whitehills. http://4sq.com/9WvjHs #
  • @BillGlover don't know if data counters on phone include phone calls or not. 750mb includes up and down. Downloaded lots of apps too. in reply to BillGlover #
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My Weekly Twitter Roundup

February 7th, 2010
  • New Podcast: My Weekly Twitter Roundup – On way home from stockport. Weather typically british damp. Still no crazy… http://ow.ly/16sMcQ #
  • @AlexBowman they do, but laptop out of action and grandparents don't have internet. Bit of a pain really. in reply to AlexBowman #
  • Watching harrison ford in air force one. Will travel home on friday and down to london on saturday to escort sister. #
  • Just ordered 32 GB iphone 3gs on 18 month contract. 35 per month. Cost of contract 640. Cost of phone 0. #
  • Got connection ok at edinburgh on way home. Arrive wigan 5.30 to change to 5.38 train to liverpool. Happy days. #
  • Man behind me stupidly didn't collect his return ticket from fasttrack machine. Thought outward part was complete ticket #
  • Now he's speaking loudly about his stupidity on the phone and blaming scotland. He's Getting bad reception. Hello hello. #
  • It's nice to be rude about peoples' carelessness without their knowledge. Time for a sandwich. #
  • Just arriving carlisle. Train seems on time. O2 sending me text messages about iphone prematurly. #
  • Train 10 min late. Gonna miss connection and have 2 wait 30 min for the next one. Didnt sleep well last night. Exhausted #
  • They're saying to change at preston. For the 18.04 train. So not quite 30 min. Yes i'm bored. Listening to postcasts. #
  • Feeling cold and ill at preston station. Not appreciating the delay. Al #
  • Desperate to get some shut eye. Commuter train however not the place.Soldier sitting next to me has a nice samsung phone #
  • Glad i didn't change at wigan. Wouldn't have got a seat otherwise. Too dark to take photos out the window. ;-( #
  • Well that was fun. I just sent a whole load of text messages to friends in london to meet up tomorrow. And replying. #
  • And finally i'm back in wallasey village. Fantastic. #
  • @steven_j_king for being a current O2 customer renewing a contract. It's a repackaged phone or something. As new but not new. in reply to steven_j_king #
  • On train to London, taking sis to the O2 arena to see "Dancing on Ice" as birthday treat for friend Steff. #
  • Virgin Trains Liverpool-London Serives First Class #fail Bought 1st class tickets thinking food would be given. Apparently only on weekdays. #
  • Woman serving drinks on this train also seems to be in a proper mood. Not encouraging for customer service. #
  • Being stressed about things tends to lead to exhaustion. This is where I'm at currently. Hope to get a good rest tonight. #
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My Weekly Twitter Roundup

January 31st, 2010
  • On way home from stockport. Weather typically british damp. Still no crazy chinese drivers on road. #
  • Meeting friend for lunch at the lighthouse pub. If you’re on the wirral you’re welcome to come. Al #
  • @CountWhiteberg What wisdom? On buying overpriced style over real specification? I’m buying into supposed reliability. Hope it’s true. in reply to CountWhiteberg #
  • Pub was good. Drank first pint of Guiness back in the Uk and enjoyed it. Nice to see old friends. Though was a little jealous of his car. #
  • Hard Disk tools for reiserfs is taking a long time to recover files. It’s had over 24hrs and reading at >20%. Impatient for it to finish. #
  • @CountWhiteberg I do assume you were talking about my MacBook purchase and not the fact that I’m #GettingEngaged in reply to CountWhiteberg #
  • @steven_j_king Reliable long lasting alternatives to MacBook? in reply to steven_j_king #
  • New Podcast: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24 – Finally have fast native access to twitter after 26hrs of trav… http://ow.ly/16pRuo #
  • Gearing up to follow live (coverage) tweeting from the fast approaching apple press conference. Here comes the iPad. #
  • I’m such a geek. I’m getting all excited by the apple conference. #
  • rt @ischafer These Apple events are the closest thing our generation has to a World’s Fair. #
  • @1rick you’re staying up for the “State of the union” :P I wonder if this is a ploy by #apple in reply to 1rick #
  • Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet – the onion: http://ow.ly/111Y1 #
  • RT @mashable 5 Apple Hits and 5 Misses: Which Will the Tablet Be? http://bit.ly/9JPcbm #
  • getting really excited now. viewing both the engaget and http://live.gdgt.com coverage #
  • arstechnica down for me, obviously too much traffic for the apple event #
  • @sampsonian http://live.gdgt.com/2010/01/27/live-apple-come-see-our-latest-creation-tablet-event-coverage/ in reply to sampsonian #
  • watching http://www.ustream.tv/channel/apple-tablet-event video awful but audio clear. #
  • just made edit to wikipedia adding the iPad to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameloft french developers mentioned in the speech. #
  • http://live.gdgt.com/2010/01/27/live-apple-come-see-our-latest-creation-tablet-event-coverage/ proving to be the most reliable service. #
  • Now I’m in two minds. I was thinking to buy an iPhone. if the ipad ran skype and had an inbuilt microphone, there’s really no need. #
  • @clementyeung #Flash ending due to Google and HTML 5 in reply to clementyeung #
  • @AlexBowman “Like your analysis” very specific and informative tweet there. :-P I’ll keep it in mind! in reply to AlexBowman #
  • Just set up mum’s phone with twitter. Poss Convenient method of communication for future messages. #
  • I’m getting married to @rgmu11 but have been away from her for 2 weeks. Miss her company. #
  • Really wish i’d setup some sms updates for twitter. Too dark to read book. No laptop. Bored with psp games. #
  • Approaching carlisle, getting off the motorway to have/get dinner at tesco. #
  • Listening to the news quizz on radio 4, eating sandwiches with bottled drinks, while on way to scotland. Feel at home. #
  • 21.30 ETA. Clear scotland skies overhead. Moon bright over head. This certainly isn’t inner city dalian. #
  • Using nokia browser to read twitter updates. So slow It’s painful. Something to do though. #
  • @alexbowman weather how you remember. Bad exchange rate means things are more expensive. Nice to be back. Feeling more at home. How’re you? #
  • Arrived safely in paternal grandparents house. About to tell them about getting engaged. #
  • Grand parents told. :relief: returning to watching very large and jealousy inspiring tv. News of tony blair on. #
  • @alexbowman I’m in Scotland at the moment. Use of computers is limited. GTalk when I’m back down south. #
  • Sitting with Paternal Grandfather while parents and Grandmother out shopping. Hoping to see other grandparents this afternoon. #
  • laminating some photos of china to show grandparents. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

January 24th, 2010
  • Finally have fast native access to twitter after 26hrs of travelling. Excellent. #
  • Arrived safely at home after leaving from China a day ago (26hrs) #
  • Now that I've told my parents, I can officially announce to the social web that Miao and I are engaged to be married. :-) #
  • @BillGlover It was a long one. I don't fancy changing at Frankfurt again if the wait is going to be that long. in reply to BillGlover #
  • @MandarinSx @mingli @BillGlover Thanks for the congratulations! :-) #GettingEngaged #
  • @BillGlover If I'm travelling to my parent's house, flights to Manchester and Liverpool started make sense.Direct Heathrow, train is better in reply to BillGlover #
  • Couldn't sleep well because of Jet Lag. Still feeling pretty exhausted. #
  • I want to use all the wonderful Web2.0 Social things again on my Blog, but I know if I do, it's no longer China friendly for the #gfw #
  • @BillGlover Sort through my things at parents house. Throw stuff away. See relatives. Continue job searching. in reply to BillGlover #
  • @BillGlover Potential future in a small company with a friend based in Southampton. Going to see how it goes. Miao'll come in September. #
  • @DaveLivesey Thanks! #GettingEngaged in reply to DaveLivesey #
  • On the train back from depositing money in bank. Nice to be home. #
  • Walking around outside at home, with the wonderfully fresh air, really highlights for me the bad air quality in China. #
  • @raemond Thank You! :-) #GettingEngaged in reply to raemond #
  • Woke up early today. Feeling much recovered from jet lag. I figure tomorrow will be back to normal. #
  • RT @tweetmeme Using Friendfeed as a Lifestream within WordPress | studionashvegas http://twurl.nl/tw2z28 #
  • In a pound shop, wondering how much of this stuff comes from china. Guessing 90%. #
  • @BillGlover Reverse Culture Shock! Was on the train, listening to man speaking. thought Eastern European. Dawned on me it was Liverpudlian. in reply to BillGlover #
  • Sister just left for school in a taxi. At home, alone, again! Good thing I'm a geek, and spending a day connected to the internet is ok. #
  • @gaomming Hello to twitter. May you always have a safe passage around the wonderful #gfw :-) #
  • @DaveLivesey Thanks for the #ff :-) in reply to DaveLivesey #
  • Finally decided to spend money on a Mac laptop.Guessing that the MacBook's are suitably speedy for my actual needs as opposed to what I want #
  • Just seeing the trending topics. I guess it's time to say goodbye to #Conan O'Brien on NBC. #
  • Learnt this morning that the "Move-Overwrite" function in Suse didn't work as expected. It was literally Move-Overwite, as opposed to merge. #
  • Coming up on my 1500th Tweet. Wondering if any of these milestones are actually significant. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

January 17th, 2010
  • @1rick Connected to blogger, and got a partial load of the site. in reply to 1rick #
  • @1rick no such connection luck with youtube, twitter or others. #gfw #
  • RT @mranti It's believed this unblocking on some ISPs is caused by GFW upgrading and maintainence, not real unblocking. Yet to confirm. #
  • #GFW I've set up indefinite pings to youtube and twitter to see if any connections are made before I got o bed. #
  • RT @GE_Anderson Getting youtube in Shanghai. when #gfw disappears, don't quite mind to live in china. #
  • @DaveLivesey Concept of "Snow Day" doesn't exist in China. It's been a foot deep and -13 degrees here and still expected to work. in reply to DaveLivesey #
  • @DaveLivesey I feel empathy for people of Canada and other snowy places. Glad usual weather in the UK is temperate. in reply to DaveLivesey #
  • @DaveLivesey Grit… What's that? In China they have people to shovel snow off the roads. Grit too expensive. Really! in reply to DaveLivesey #
  • @DaveLivesey Seached you on Google and saw "Click to enter website… free hit counter." as subtitle on your site. Google #fail in reply to DaveLivesey #
  • @ChinaPaul McDonalds coffee comes out a drip coffee maker. Starbucks does espresso. I guess your not an espresso person then? in reply to ChinaPaul #
  • RT @copyblogger: "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience often comes from bad judgment." ~Rita Mae Brown #
  • Settling down to last night in China for a while. Phone Charged. Camera Charged. Passport in Pocket. Future ahead. Hello Again Blighty. #
  • On the topic of flying. What's that web 2.0 service that shows a map of where your plane is at the moment? I'm sure such a service exists. #
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Google Saying No To Censorship

January 15th, 2010

I don’t have time to really put a lot of thought into a large argument about why I support Google’s actions. My thoughts so far…

  • Just because they pull out of the Chinese market doesn’t mean they can’t use the benefits of China as cheap outsourcing in a number of areas, either tech support, BPO, or actual software outsourcing.
  • Pulling out of the Chinese market equates to loss of earnings in China. If by somehow staying in China they’re putting data privacy at risk, and opening themselves to a security threat, then this affects their service agreements with other companies in the west and could be more damaging than gains afforded by staying. The basis of this argument has got to be based on a technological issue of having servers located in China, otherwise the danger is the same no matter where you are on the net, and an ongoing problem for them unrelated to being in China or not.
  • Pulling out the Google brand name does not mean that they have to stop operating in China.

Finally, I’m rather glad I don’t have to be in China while this is happening. The fallout of Google leaving China would be horrible. Having to use local email, rss readers, and search services isn’t a nice thought. For the skeptical among us, I suppose its just another marketing tool for rallying support of Google to make us think that they value privacy. I genuinely believe that they do, and I’m glad to see them protecting my data.

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