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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog One of my favourite treats is getting to write about weird science. As I've yet to make a good commercial case for a Weird Science Web site - the market in advertising for lab coats and protein depolarizing death rays being somewhat soft at the...
[January 13, 2006, 17:05]
Of Qtrax And Broken Dreams
Blog At 7:45, I slide onto the airwaves, coming on immediately after an equally groggy-sounding Alex James-From-Blur (last time we met he tried to get some schoolgirls to beat me up, but that's another story), and give my considered opinion that the...
[January 28, 2008, 7:40]
Accessing My ZDNet Account
Blog A weird thing keeps happening to me on the ZDNet. The only way I can describe it is that I am both registered and logged in and not registered and not logged-in. It all started when I tried to save a link using the clip link button on an article.
[May 29, 2007, 15:10]
We All Live In A Windows Submarine...
Talkback It has reached my ears that weird clicking and creaking sounds can be heard from the graves of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir William Drake and Admiral Nelson. Is this rumour true?
[October 26, 2004, 19:29]
Access And Accounts And Feedback
Forum A weird thing keeps happening to me on the ZDNet. The only way I can describe it is that I am both registered and logged in and not registered and not logged-in. It all started when I tried to save a link using the clip link button on an article.
[May 29, 2007, 15:12]
Virus Preventing Internet Connection
Forum The weird thing is everytime I click to open Mozilla Firefox, internet explorer, soulseek or my wireless connecting program they do not open they just have the little loading symbol which then disappears and nothing happens?
[December 10, 2005, 10:17]
VidVac
Downloads Very easy to use no java or weird, online conversion scripts to run. Downloads video from Google, YouTube, IFilm & Break.com. Just point and click find what you want in the specially built mini-browser and hit GET VIDEO.
[November 22, 2006, 20:16]
Security Relationships
Blog Comment This was when hacking was new, weird and (as proved by a court case inspired by antics in which I had a hand) legal. In a previous life, I was a teenage hacker; one, moreover, known to the media. One of the favourite questions from hacks was "Can...
[September 13, 2007, 17:48]
2007-01-06. Vista Is A Downgrade. Part 3.
Talkback I've tried Virtual Dub, Adobe something, even Nero and they all can get a live feed from my card but all have some weird display problem. The rest got truncated as well. Here is the rest of the rest: As a workaround I am using the VLC player to...
[January 6, 2008, 23:54]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Since India is so big and most other parts of the country can be so weird that I woun't be surprised if they have such disgusting scat fetish. Hello again. I am going to answer to those who think Indians are shit eaters and piss drinkers.
[October 12, 2006, 22:13]
Friday
Blog For some reason, I've been getting daily imprecations to buy septic tank and diesel valve components, which must mean my account has ended up on some really weird lists. Friday 24/01/03Spam. Dontcha love it?
[January 24, 2003, 16:44]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog If you, like me, have spent some time in the distant past watching late night Channel 4 Euro-movies, you will have seen La Cabina, a very unsettling flick that scores very highly in the "I saw this weird movie I can't forget but have no idea what...
[December 12, 2003, 16:20]
Proceed With Care review
Reviews It was one of those weird but frustrating computer problems that many Windows users are accustomed to. As I wrote this article, Internet Explorer stopped working on my notebook computer. The program simply wouldn't start up.
[July 20, 2005, 10:55]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News It's a weird beast; it isn't a chip any more, but a daughter-board. Monday Today, it was Charles (First Looks editor) who showed up neatly shorn. Hello, it's Spring! I said. He looked embarrassed. You've had a haircut," I explained.
[March 14, 1997, 17:52]
A Challenge To All Linux Users In The World
Blog Comment To a Linux user it might seem weird that a UI has to be designed to keep the user from damaging the machine but that really is an issue with Windows unfortunately. fpirrone : Actually I do not disagree with your commentary.
[May 30, 2007, 5:33]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There's such a strong link between weird music and the weirdos who live in computers that I can only suppose the true heads of the UK programming scene smelled a Microsoft survey coming a mile off and promptly scampered inside their iron pentacles...
[February 24, 2006, 16:10]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog To bolster my collection of mildly weird radio hardware, I bought a pair of GMRS/FRS walkie-talkies for $50 at a Radio Shack — illegal to use but not to own in the UK, they highlight an ongoing problem with wireless standards.
[October 6, 2006, 18:55]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment I have others without so much as a DVD player but thousands (and I mean thousands) of downloaded movies they watch on their laptop - and most of those are from interesting online communities dedicated to the obscure, the forgotten and the frankly...
[February 20, 2008, 11:14]
Live.com (it's Worth A Try)
Blog Sadly I still come top of the search rankings for certain terms (such as my laptops brand with Vista) which is a bit weird when you're looking for help (it's happened three times recently) One hidden thing is that although live.com can be limited...
[November 14, 2006, 15:53]
2000 Roundup: Weird And Wonderful
News Bringing the year of weird to an early, and pleasant, conclusion, is the story run by ZDNet in September about online snail racing. ZDNet helps you look back over 2000, in all its wacky glory, from Turkish Internet God Mahir, through to live snail...
[December 30, 2000, 6:14]
