Etc.

Sep 22 08

A power surge hit our house over the weekend. It took out two kitchen appliances, the cooker and the dishwasher, and, more importantly because of the implications, two external hard drives that were plugged in at the time. The Macs are safe, as are most of the external drives, but two are fried […]

Is there really such a thing as a bullet proof back up system?

Jul 02 08

Ashley MorganEtc.6 Comments

Email is one of the few parts of my professional life that I cannot control. This situation is made worse by the fact that email is also something on which I depend a great deal.
I’m pretty sure that goes for most, or all, of you as well.
Email is important. Indeed, it […]

A plea for Email 2.0 to hurry up and happen

Mar 22 08

Ashley MorganEtc.11 Comments

I need a new mobile phone. The iPhone is the obvious choice but buying a phone that is locked into a provider I haven’t chosen seems too much like a Microsoft trick to me. Making a new user jump through hoops and sign locking agreements, preventing them from using the product in the […]

Choosing a new mobile phone just got a lot easier

Feb 03 08

Ashley MorganEtc.No Comments

Passage is a video game by Jason Rohrer that was selected for exhibition at Kokoromi’s Gamma256 event. It’s a free and very small download, for OSX, Linux and Windows, and I promise it will make you smile.
Commentators from all over the world, from independent bloggers to the Wall Street Journal, have tried […]

I promise this will make you smile

Dec 12 07

Robert EllisEtc.2 Comments

I’ve been hoping for a long time to find someone to take over Upstart Blogger, but it’s with mixed feelings that I write this post to let you know that Upstart Blogger is finally changing hands.
I’ll let the new publisher, Ashley Morgan, introduce himself in a future post. But I can tell you that […]

Upstart Blogger Changes Hands

Oct 02 07

Robert EllisEtc.4 Comments

I don’t usually succumb to posting rants, but Apple’s recent actions are beginning to make me question my long-standing loyalty to the company. Bricking the iPhone is only the latest in a string of ill-advised corporate decisions and a New York woman’s $1 million dollar suit against Apple and AT&T over the iPhone price cut […]

Boycott iTunes and Show Apple We Still Have a Choice

May 09 07

Robert EllisEtc.25 Comments

Freebase, the upstart database that some are calling the first major Web 3.0 application and others the bastard child of wikipedia and the Open Directory Project, is still moving through alpha. But it’s getting pretty damn interesting. And I’ve got some free invites to give away.
Have you ever been frustrated by Google, trying to narrow […]