Category Archives: Geekery

Why e-book readers are a stupid idea

Posted on 27/1/2010 by bigdaddymerk

With the largely successful Kindle by Amazon, Sony’s Ebook Digital Reader and the usual over-hype about what may or may not be a tablet type device from Apple, I can’t help feeling that the idea of an e-book reader is … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Rants | 17 Comments

The Smug of Apple

Posted on 30/11/2009 by bigdaddymerk

So my work supplied Mac Book Pro died in it’s sleep the other week so it needed looking at.  The problem with the aesthetics obsessed Apple is you can’t just send it off to be looked at, No.  You have … Continue reading →

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Spotify – The future of music delivery?

Posted on 19/2/2009 by bigdaddymerk

As of January 2009 95% of music downloads are illegal, even with hard line tactics from the BPI, the dominance of Itunes and Amazon’s non-DRM music centre have not been able to stem the flow of illegal downloads. While the … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Music | 12 Comments

New Crown Site

Posted on 19/9/2008 by bigdaddymerk

I have been slowly working on a new website for my regular boozer, the Crown Inn. Over the years the site has been a mish mash of all sorts of things but mostly static html pages – this time it … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Local | 4 Comments

Widgets & Plugins

Posted on 25/8/2008 by bigdaddymerk

Playing with WordPress Widgets and since my theme (that dates back to 2003) doesn’t support them I’m playing around with other themes for now. That is all. [audio:square.mp3]

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