Techie :: Techno ::: October 2007 Archives
At the ICANN meeting this afternoon in LA IPv6 is a hot topic.
The SSAC open meeting's agenda includes both a study of hardware support for ipv6 and the roundtable I'm currently sitting in at. The roundtable includes Vint Cerf and representatives from a very wide range of backgrounds.
The kind of questions being asked are fundamental.
How can promoted v6?
How can they promote it?
How can you get content providers to use it?
I don't expect any answers, but the discussion should be interesting
The SSAC open meeting's agenda includes both a study of hardware support for ipv6 and the roundtable I'm currently sitting in at. The roundtable includes Vint Cerf and representatives from a very wide range of backgrounds.
The kind of questions being asked are fundamental.
How can promoted v6?
How can they promote it?
How can you get content providers to use it?
I don't expect any answers, but the discussion should be interesting
IP addresses aren't very exciting.
Trying to communicate with people about IP addresses is far from easy, so it's nice to see that ICANN have published a guide to IPv6 for human beings!
Trying to communicate with people about IP addresses is far from easy, so it's nice to see that ICANN have published a guide to IPv6 for human beings!
I get hit with "useful" error messages on a regular basis.
Today's little chestnut, that was driving me mad, came courtesy of the PayPal API. Paypal have a "charming" habit of modifying things on your account if you make the slightest change to ANYTHING. Of course they don't tell you this explicitly, so I spent a good part of the day trying to add funds to our eNom account to be met with a totally useless error message. I spoke to eNom, who were very helpful, but couldn't tell me what the issue was as it was coming from Paypal. Grr!
The other one I had was with envy. What is the point of telling me to read an error log when the error log only repeats the message "read the log" ie. doesn't actually include the error?
Now that I've got that off my chest I can relax and spend the rest of the evening ripping CDs for my iRiver :)
Today's little chestnut, that was driving me mad, came courtesy of the PayPal API. Paypal have a "charming" habit of modifying things on your account if you make the slightest change to ANYTHING. Of course they don't tell you this explicitly, so I spent a good part of the day trying to add funds to our eNom account to be met with a totally useless error message. I spoke to eNom, who were very helpful, but couldn't tell me what the issue was as it was coming from Paypal. Grr!
The other one I had was with envy. What is the point of telling me to read an error log when the error log only repeats the message "read the log" ie. doesn't actually include the error?
Now that I've got that off my chest I can relax and spend the rest of the evening ripping CDs for my iRiver :)
I use email a lot. I guess everyone does these days!
One of the things that drives me mad is auto-responders. While they can be used very effectively they're usually not.
A good use of an autoresponder would be a specific email address that you send a blank mail to in order to get back information.
Unfortunately most people who setup autoresponders don't seem to think it through.
So far today I've received several autoresponders and none of them have been anyway useful.
Do I really want to know that someone is going to get in touch with me? I'd prefer if they actually answered my query!
We use autoresponders on our support desk, but that's a ticketing system. It's expected!
If we were to do it with our sales email address people would get really annoyed and I'd be one of them!
So if you're going to use an autoresponder stop for a minute and think.
Do you really need to use it?
Who is likely to send mail to that address?
Is the response you're sending of any use to them?
Is there a better way of handling it?
And please don't get me started on "out of office" replies!!!
One of the things that drives me mad is auto-responders. While they can be used very effectively they're usually not.
A good use of an autoresponder would be a specific email address that you send a blank mail to in order to get back information.
Unfortunately most people who setup autoresponders don't seem to think it through.
So far today I've received several autoresponders and none of them have been anyway useful.
Do I really want to know that someone is going to get in touch with me? I'd prefer if they actually answered my query!
We use autoresponders on our support desk, but that's a ticketing system. It's expected!
If we were to do it with our sales email address people would get really annoyed and I'd be one of them!
So if you're going to use an autoresponder stop for a minute and think.
Do you really need to use it?
Who is likely to send mail to that address?
Is the response you're sending of any use to them?
Is there a better way of handling it?
And please don't get me started on "out of office" replies!!!
I recently upgraded my TV and surround sound system, so I've now got a battery of remote controls!
It's kind of annoying, as I've now got to battle with:
So what's the solution?
It seems that universal remote controls have come along way over the last couple of years and Logitech have produced a very funky solution: LOGITECH Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote Control
It seems to be able to do just about everything short of making you coffee in the morning!
The device boasts a 8.9" touchscreen display, so it's not exactly small, but it's meant to be able to handle 15 devices at once.. I don't think I've even got that many, so it might be overkill
The technical specs are quite scary:
The Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote symbolises a move in the right direction for audio and video equipment control.
With its 8.9" touchscreen design, the Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote lets you control up to 15 external devices.
Thanks to a user friendly graphic menu, the Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote gives you access to numerous configurations.
Once connected to your computer, its configuration wizard guides you through step by step.
The Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote can take control of more than 5,000 brands and more than 175,000 devices.
In case of a configuration problem, its help section provides all the troubleshooting information you need.
Finally, its rechargeable lithium-ion battery guarantees maximum availability for equipment control.
The Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote is the ultimate control solution for all your audio and video devices.
It would want to be, considering it costs over 300 euro!
Additional information:
Compatible with: Windows 2000, XP / Mac OS X 10.3 or later version (so it should be able to handle Leopard when it's released)
Content:
- Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote Control
- Charging base
- USB Cable
- Mains adapter
- Lithium-ion Battery (no need to spend money on batteries at least!)
- Installation CD
It's kind of annoying, as I've now got to battle with:
- TV remote
- DVD / Surround sound remote
- Sky box
- Stereo
So what's the solution?
It seems that universal remote controls have come along way over the last couple of years and Logitech have produced a very funky solution: LOGITECH Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote Control
It seems to be able to do just about everything short of making you coffee in the morning!
The device boasts a 8.9" touchscreen display, so it's not exactly small, but it's meant to be able to handle 15 devices at once.. I don't think I've even got that many, so it might be overkill
The technical specs are quite scary:
The Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote symbolises a move in the right direction for audio and video equipment control.
With its 8.9" touchscreen design, the Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote lets you control up to 15 external devices.
Thanks to a user friendly graphic menu, the Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote gives you access to numerous configurations.
Once connected to your computer, its configuration wizard guides you through step by step.
The Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote can take control of more than 5,000 brands and more than 175,000 devices.
In case of a configuration problem, its help section provides all the troubleshooting information you need.
Finally, its rechargeable lithium-ion battery guarantees maximum availability for equipment control.
The Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote is the ultimate control solution for all your audio and video devices.
It would want to be, considering it costs over 300 euro!
Additional information:
Compatible with: Windows 2000, XP / Mac OS X 10.3 or later version (so it should be able to handle Leopard when it's released)
Content:
- Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote Control
- Charging base
- USB Cable
- Mains adapter
- Lithium-ion Battery (no need to spend money on batteries at least!)
- Installation CD
Golden Spiders have sent out yet another email this morning.
Of course the links in the email might be more useful if the site was actually up and running ....
I got this:
Of course the links in the email might be more useful if the site was actually up and running ....
I got this:
