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Author Archives: Ben Lavery
Sandboxing
Back in 2010 I complete my dissertation. The idea for my diss came to me while sitting in Starbucks in Camberley sometime during my time at Sun Microsystems, probably early 2009. The idea was quickly jotted on the back of … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged iOS, iphone, Mac, OpenSolaris, os x, sandboxing, virtualisation, windows
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Just an update
Once upon a time I had the notion that I would post something vaguely interesting or helpful once a month. While working at Sun that was easy (also making myself blog about my weekly activities for later reference helped), even … Continue reading
Posted in General, Mac Hardware, Musings, Second Life, Trains
Tagged ERTMS, imac, lsl, second life, trains
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Merry Christmas
Just a quick post to wish you all a very Merry Christmas
Posted in General
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WebOS ‘more open’ than Android?
Ars Technica recently published HP’s decision means webOS could end up more open than Android. The fate of WebOS has had people pondering since HP announced it was going to stop developing WebOS. It has been suggested that HP should … Continue reading
Do I really agree with Apple’s EULAs?
After the death of Steve Jobs Richard Stallman has said some somewhat callous things about Jobs and Apple and how they have us in “digital handcuffs”. When we purchase a piece of Apple hardware or software, we must accept a … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Musings
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RIP Dennis Ritchie
Co-writer of the C language and co-creator of the UNIX operating system Dennis Ritchie sadly passed away last Saturday. It seems his death was somewhat overlooked due to the passing of Steve Jobs. Thanks to Ritchie’s contributions to computing, we have the C language … Continue reading
Goodbye, Steve
I sat down at my computer this morning before work, I glanced at my tweets, then at my RSS, I realised what had happened. Yesterday the world lost a great man, Steve Jobs. I know that this will be plastered … Continue reading
Sherlock
Sherlock is one of my all time favourites. No, not the stories, the game!
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Doodle Sub & Wager
A couple of friends have made some apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch, so I thought I’d quickly plug them First up is Wager by Tom Diggle. This app is handy for calculating the return and profit of many betting types. … Continue reading
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iPad 2
Last weekend it was Faye’s 23rd birthday. Having asked her previously she had joked about an iPad, so I saved and an iPad she got. A 32GB, Wi-Fi only iPad2.