As the ‘consensus’ of ‘experts’ in the field are reported to have conclusive proof of man-made global warming I cast my mind back to middle school when we taught that the world was cooling and that the next ice age was coming. When I mention this factor, few seem to recollect this fact, especially the [...]
Archive for March, 2008
March 28, 2008
RANT: Plastic Bloody Bags
By benfrain in RantWhy is the BBC so intent on spending every single news bulletin of late telling us how many plastic bags are on the planet? And how much it’s harming the planet and how we are all going to burn in hell unless we take our plastic bags with us to the supermarket. What the hell [...]
March 27, 2008
TECH: N95 8GB – short battery life?
By benfrain in Tech-tipI know battery issues with N95 & N95 8GB handsets have been done to death in the blogosphere but having searched about I was still sure my N95 8GB battery life wasn’t up to scratch. My daily use after a full charge: 1. Every other day I download a podcast (20MB tops) over Wifi 2. [...]
March 18, 2008
TECH: Symbian – the good and the un-answered…
By benfrain in Tech-tipAfter spending a little more time with the Nokia N95 8GB I’m enjoying more and more of its virtues and discovering workarounds for some of its more annoying quirks. Here’s a few tricks and tips I have picked up along the way and some recommended applications I’ve enjoyed using. 1. Nokia start up chime. You [...]
