Windows Phone 8 - Just the bullet points

This is what I heard

• Shared Kernel with windows 8 based on NT rather than CE
• Multi core CPU support up to 64
• hd screen resolutions: WVGA, WXGA 720p 
• NFC Payments and loyalty cards 
• SD Cards
• IE 10 browser
• Nokia Map Data with turn-by-turn navigation
•  enterprise features: encryption, secure boot, it management
• New Start Screen with resizeable active tiles
• share info between phone and other windows device (Like andoird beam)
• in App Purchases
• Deep Skype integration

and the killer No upgrade path for ANY legacy devices but as a sop there will be a WP 7.8 although all I can find about that is that it will be an OTA update and include the new start screen

Une See is Back (Update)

Hurrah! After a 2 year hiatus, Une See is back at uneseefights.com with a new comic. P.S. You also need to follow @unesee and @xanderbolt to get the full effect

Tethering iPhone to Ubuntu 11.04

Found this article which works a treat http://www.bitsbythepound.com/tethering-iphone-5-1-on-ubuntu-11-10-422.html

Let's Talk iPhone Event - just the least boring bits

30 minutes of “aren’t Apple wonderful” waffle
So far 40 minutes into the “event” the only interesting thing is the launch date for iOS5 will be October 12th
Find My Friends App (sounds like Google Latitude)
iPod Nano updated version finger swiping navigation and cheaper available today (in US)
iPod Touch will run iOS5 and have a white version.
iPhone 4S

• Looks exactly the same as the 4.
• A5 chip as used in iPhone 2. Demo of Infinity Blade 2 with impressive graphics
• Better battery – 8 hours 3G, 14 Hours 2G, 9 hours WiFi, ten hours video
• Two antennas to improve call quality and potentially download data faster.
• Can use both GSM and CDMA networks.
• 8 Mega Pixel camera with faster sensor and wider aperture. Impressive photos. 1080p HD Video with image stabilization.
• Airplay Mirroring to link with Apple TV and big screens.
• Voice Control Beta in English, French and German of lots of functions (from software developed by recent acquisition Siri) and voice synthesis e.g. “remind me to call my wife when I leave work” integrating contacts, GPS and calendar. Voice activated search results like “what is the exchange rate between the Euro and the Dollar”
• 16GB, 32GB, 64GB Versions (iPhone 4 8GB version reduced and 3GS now free with contract)
• Pre-orders from 7th October and phones available on October 14th. Obviously that’s in US, don’t know UK carriers or launch dates yet but they claim it will be their fastest rollout yet available with 100 carriers in 70 countries before the end of the year.

GOLF BRAVO ROMEO UNIFORM DELTA

It was my birthday last week and the whole family chipped in to buy me a present I will never forget. I have always wanted to fly a plane and last week finally I did it. IT WAS FANTASTIC. I flew a 4-seater Piper Cherokee Archer II from Blackpool Airport to Lancaster and back

Pain Rating

Who came up with this Pain Rating thing? I worry about this kind of stuff. What if what the worst I can imagine is nowhere near as bad as the worst you can imagine because I have a poor imagination, so my 6 is like your 2. It's completely subjective and that bothers me. Is an objective measure of pain even remotely possible, if it were you'd think someone would have done it by now.

Ecky Thump

It's been over 40 years (Nov 1970) since three men on a trandem first promised to do "anything, anytime anywhere".

For those of you that haven't ever seen The Goodies you *have* to watch BBC2 tonight at 11:30pm. The Kung Fu Capers (aka Ecky Thump) Episode is being shown as one of a short series of repeats of some classic episodes of the show.

For those of you who remember seeing it, enjoy watching it again.