It’s 04:55 and I’m in Zurich, Switzerland. I arrived here yesterday afternoon. The day before, I arrived back in the UK from San Francisco. I actually thought that I was over the jet lag, having had a couple of decent nights sleep but apparently not. I woke at 3am this morning with severe sugar cravings [...]
Reseting the LogMeIn client remotely
I use the free LogMeIn.com to manage my MacMini server remotely. Today, after using it to reboot my router (via its web interface which is only accessible from my LAN) the logmein.com website kept reporting that the connection to the client was timing out or being disconnected. I couldn’t get the damn thing to connect [...]
VMWare Fusion – Network Bridge error finally solved
A couple of years back, I posted this thread about an annoying problem in VMWare Fusion which occasionally stopped me from being able to run an image as in bridge mode. Well, looks like I’ve finally sorted this one out. I don’t know if it’s the inclusion of new functionality in v2 or v3 of VMF [...]
How I started running (again)
I had signed up to the Great South Run last year but I broke my foot in August which seriously impacted my already-a-long-shot training schedule. In January, I decided that I wanted to start running again. Definitely NOT as a New Year resolution, as I think that’s a load of tosh. I wanted to make [...]
Finally found my name
Back at the beginning of time, internet wise, anonymity was the preferred medium. These days, I’d rather use my own name as opposed to a pseudonym. For example you can find me on Twitter @ianmcshane. Unfortunately, I’m cursed with the same name as a fairly famous actor so, aside from a domain lost due to a massive fail [...]
Rage against the ma.. oh, wait…
This started as a comment on <insert blog link> but escalated to a full on post of my own. Firstly, I don’t watch usually watch X-Factor. Of course, I’ve been at friends houses when it’s on but I don’t watch it of my own accord. Secondly, I don’t listen to the radio in the UK [...]
Social Networking Integration != Gaming 2.5
Firstly, yes I am a bit of a X360 fanboy. Actually, that’s not true, I’m an XBL platform fanboy. I do REALLY want to like the PS3. I’d love to be able to get rid of the noisy, hot, unreliable, X360 - but as yet I haven’t found a compelling reason to do so. Perhaps [...]
[Gig Pics] Therapy? & Ricky Warwick at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Following on from last month, when I was lucky enough to get a photopass for The Wildhearts, I managed to score myself a photopass for yet another of my all time favourite bands. I’ve loved Therapy? for as long as I can remember, for example I used to listen to Troublegum on my walkman (cassettes, [...]
Amazon international Kindle ships, buyers remorse imminent?
I got the notification that my Amazon Kindle order shipped today, with delivery expected in a couple of days. In my excitement, I hopped over to the Kindle book store (accessed via Amazon.com as opposed to the .co.uk) to queue up some books and previews ready for its arrival. It’s accurate to say that I’m [...]
Moving to eBooks?
bibliophile |ˈbɪblɪə(ʊ)fʌɪl|nouna person who collects or has a great love of books. I travel a lot for work and quite often my flights are longer than just a couple of hours. This means that my MBP battery life isn’t long enough to sustain the entire flight and besides, I don’t often get to fly First [...]