Like everybody I get a lot of spam emails, and having been away from the computer for a while, I seem to have a real glut of them at the moment. There are a bunch of rather repetitive ones that I cannot understand. I'm pretty sure we've all received a message offering the proof reading service.
I also seem to be on a few spam lists trying to sell me professional services or whitepapers. Unlike many, these spam emails come with an unsubscribe link, but the process seems a bit archaic. Without exception, every single one suggests a time of at least 5 days before I get of the list. That even applies to some professional mailing lists that I actually did subscribe too.
More than a month on, and I'm happy to be back blogging.
Where have I been?
Holiday was part of it, but mostly I've been wrapped up in moving house, moving the office and moving the business that goes with it.
Needless to say that just a week after we moved there are still some rooms (and most importantly my study) that are not back to 100% operation and many of them are still relying on the contents of bags and boxes to operate, but we're getting there.
What have I learnt along they way? Well:
Having an ISP that can move your ADSL connection is incredibly convenient compared to shutting down and opening a new one. My move took longer than expect (7 days instead of 5), but took place without incident.
More than a month on, and I'm happy to be back blogging.
Where have I been?
Holiday was part of it, but mostly I've been wrapped up in moving house, moving the office and moving the business that goes with it.
Needless to say that just a week after we moved there are still some rooms (and most importantly my study) that are not back to 100% operation and many of them are still relying on the contents of bags and boxes to operate, but we're getting there.
What have I learnt along they way? Well:
Having an ISP that can move your ADSL connection is incredibly convenient compared to shutting down and opening a new one. My move took longer than expect (7 days instead of 5), but took place without incident.
This Eurocom all-in-one LV190 (or LV220) PC looks like a wonderful little unit, either as your main PC, or as secondary one, or perhaps as a unit for the bedroom.
It's all-in-one, like the iMac, but with better overall specs if you load it up, as it sports up to 4GB of RAM, two 500GB hard disks, and even a TV tuner. It also sports a faster CPU, including the Intel Core 2 Extreme unit.
For me it would be ideal - I like to watch films and/or TV while working, so this would be a great unit that I could switch into service for standard PC use, or with that RAM, a great virtual PC host.
This Eurocom all-in-one LV190 (or LV220) PC looks like a wonderful little unit, either as your main PC, or as secondary one, or perhaps as a unit for the bedroom.
It's all-in-one, like the iMac, but with better overall specs if you load it up, as it sports up to 4GB of RAM, two 500GB hard disks, and even a TV tuner. It also sports a faster CPU, including the Intel Core 2 Extreme unit.
For me it would be ideal - I like to watch films and/or TV while working, so this would be a great unit that I could switch into service for standard PC use, or with that RAM, a great virtual PC host.
This Eurocom all-in-one LV190 (or LV220) PC looks like a wonderful little unit, either as your main PC, or as secondary one, or perhaps as a unit for the bedroom.
It's all-in-one, like the iMac, but with better overall specs if you load it up, as it sports up to 4GB of RAM, two 500GB hard disks, and even a TV tuner. It also sports a faster CPU, including the Intel Core 2 Extreme unit.
For me it would be ideal - I like to watch films and/or TV while working, so this would be a great unit that I could switch into service for standard PC use, or with that RAM, a great virtual PC host.
This Eurocom all-in-one LV190 (or LV220) PC looks like a wonderful little unit, either as your main PC, or as secondary one, or perhaps as a unit for the bedroom.
It's all-in-one, like the iMac, but with better overall specs if you load it up, as it sports up to 4GB of RAM, two 500GB hard disks, and even a TV tuner. It also sports a faster CPU, including the Intel Core 2 Extreme unit.
For me it would be ideal - I like to watch films and/or TV while working, so this would be a great unit that I could switch into service for standard PC use, or with that RAM, a great virtual PC host.
Parallels 3.0, the virtualization solution for Mac OS X, was released yesterday, and it contains a number of fairly significant new features.
Most important of all, 3.0 includes support for 3D graphics, one of the features that I consider to be the holy grail of virtualization support, because it is often the feature that becomes the limiting factor to using a virtualized environment. It's not just for gaming, there are plenty of other 3D applications (CAD, for a start) where 3D is required.
Parallels 3.0, the virtualization solution for Mac OS X, was released yesterday, and it contains a number of fairly significant new features.
Most important of all, 3.0 includes support for 3D graphics, one of the features that I consider to be the holy grail of virtualization support, because it is often the feature that becomes the limiting factor to using a virtualized environment. It's not just for gaming, there are plenty of other 3D applications (CAD, for a start) where 3D is required.
Parallels 3.0, the virtualization solution for Mac OS X, was released yesterday, and it contains a number of fairly significant new features.
Most important of all, 3.0 includes support for 3D graphics, one of the features that I consider to be the holy grail of virtualization support, because it is often the feature that becomes the limiting factor to using a virtualized environment. It's not just for gaming, there are plenty of other 3D applications (CAD, for a start) where 3D is required.