I don't normally (re) post other blog entries, or link to hosted videos, but I'm making an exception for this one.

Its a short video exploring the extremes of fanboy-ism. Its not necessarily a dig at Apple or the iPhone, its just a good example of how hype can overrule consumers making informed decisions about their purchases.

Oh, and its hilarious. Its actually had me crying with laughter. (Features some bad language).

Credit goes to Phandroid.com for posting it first:
http://phandroid.com/2010/06/30/nsfw-iphone-4-vs-htc-evo-4g-i-dont-care/

After having a dig around I have also found that the guy who made it is a best buy employee, and they are attempting to fire him because of it!

Techcrunch have an article dealing with it:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/01/best-buy-iphone-4-evo-4g/

It highlights pretty well how some of the large corporates are out of touch with the real world, and just how badly they can misinterpret how the interenet works, and what the public opinion will be.

I recently had two Nvidia graphics cards go pop on me (article here: Link) because of this I needed to replace those cards with a new one. I consulted with a friend who's into PC Hardware and he recommended a few of cards out of the current ATI lineup.

So I bought an ATI 5770, which looked like a good all round desktop and light gaming card.

It is a great card, but it seems there is an issue running it on some of the Nvidia nForce motherboards. The card causes there to be a 20-30 second boot delay. The card appears to spin up a few times, like there is a seek issues with it, then it loads fine.

I've raised Forum topics in both the AMD and the Nvidia forums, but the only solution seems to be flashing your motherboard, which isn't going to happen for me, as I have an Abit motherboard, and they went bust two years ago.

XFX 5770
Link to XFX 5770 on aria.co.uk

AMD Forums:
http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=133694&enterthread=y

Nvidia Forums:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=169038

Google Search:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK341&=&q=ati+cards+cause+slow+boot+nforce+motherboard&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Following quickly on the heels of my first article about the 2010 Scotch on the Rocks, is my run down of the second day. I'll apologise now for this being quite so wordy, but I've tried to keep things succinct. I'd also like to say up front how much I enjoyed this years Scotch on the Rocks. It was a great venue, with great speakers, covering a very wide variety of topics.

It was a very intense two day thought explosion, where your left feeling kind of drained, but also with a ridiculous amount of 'development energy'.

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Monday was the first day of the 'Scotch on the Rocks' 2010 Adobe conference (sponsored by Fuzzy Orange). I went along for a couple of reasons. To see what has been happening in the community, what development ideas people were throwing around as it is a bit of a two day think tank, and to put some faces to the Twitter accounts I've been following.

This article is a breakdown of the first days seminars I attended, and some thoughts and considerations about the content on show.

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I have been running two Nvidia 8800GTX graphics cards in a home pc, for about two to two and a half years now, they have been running fine, until last week, when they both went pop, within four days of each other!

This article explains my findings on this, and my ongoing discussions with Nvidia about a potentially fatally flawed driver release, and incredibly badly timed Warranty Expiration.

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Feed burner is a Google product that allows you to consume and distribute your RSS feeds in a much more in depth way than simply displaying the information in a raw XML format. It allows you to analyse the usage of a feed, add social links into feed articles and push the content onto other web platforms, like Twitter and Facebook.

In this article I will display what I like to call the 'Distributed social circular'. This means that when you create a new Blog article feed burner will automatically consume it, update your RSS feed subscribers, and post a custom formatted Tweet to your Twitter account, hopefully driving more visitors to the original article.

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On Thursday 15 April only, take a re-usable travel flask into Starbucks and get any sized free hot or iced espresso drink worth about £2.65. Any drink with an espresso shot is included in the offer, for example a latte, cappuccino, americano, macchiato, inc. flavoured versions.

The offer's available nationwide from 7am to 11pm (provided your local store is open) at participating stores. For full details read about Starbuck's eco campaign 'the Big Picture'.

What counts as a reusable travel mug? It needs to be something you can transport your coffee in easily and that you will use again, eg a polystyrene cup won't work. A ceramic mug from home won't be accepted either. A bog-standard packed lunch flask should do the trick!