Wednesday, September 14, 2005
New Phone = Tech Nirvana
For the last year I’ve had a Sony Ericsson K700 which I have been mighty impressed with, the only drawbacks being the limited memory for MP3’s and the average camera. Luckily, Sony Ericsson released the K750 which, amazingly enough, addresses exactly the drawbacks I had.
So with my old contract now finished it was time to bin it and move up to the K750. Well, after a few days of playing with it I am seriously impressed.
Standout features?
There’s may to choose from but the top three would be:
Even the little touches show you that this is a phone that is fantastically well thought out.
For example take something as basic as the LED “flash” for the camera, with the K750:
Very very few. I still prefer the K700 as a phone as it’s a bit sleeker and looks better but maybe it’s just because I’m used to that model. Also only supplying a 64MB memory card is a bit crap.
Example Pic
*Beaver Pic - click to see full size as taken by the phone*
In One Sentence?
It’s the Swiss army knife of mobiles. It’s a good Camera, a good MP3 player and good phone. If you can manage to download Opera Mini, you can use it to browse the web as well.
There’s nothing available on the market to touch it at the moment and I think it’ll be a future classic. ¶ 10:56 PM 2 comments
So with my old contract now finished it was time to bin it and move up to the K750. Well, after a few days of playing with it I am seriously impressed.
Standout features?
There’s may to choose from but the top three would be:
- Camera – a two megapixel monster that takes superb pictures.
- Expansion Capability – Memory card can be upgraded to two (or four?) Gig!
- Battery life – with my old K700 I had to charge everyday and Bluetooth usage would visibly reduce the battery in a few minutes – no such problems with the K750, only need to charge it every two to three days even with fairly intense useage.
Even the little touches show you that this is a phone that is fantastically well thought out.
For example take something as basic as the LED “flash” for the camera, with the K750:
- There are two LED’s = easily bright enough to scare a mogwai
- You can switch it on independently of the Camera with two button “clicks” – brilliant for trying to find the keyhole of your front door when pissed at 3am
- It “pulses” when a picture is taken so it does actually act as a basic flash
- You can make it flash an SOS signal automatically
Very very few. I still prefer the K700 as a phone as it’s a bit sleeker and looks better but maybe it’s just because I’m used to that model. Also only supplying a 64MB memory card is a bit crap.
Example Pic
*Beaver Pic - click to see full size as taken by the phone*
In One Sentence?
It’s the Swiss army knife of mobiles. It’s a good Camera, a good MP3 player and good phone. If you can manage to download Opera Mini, you can use it to browse the web as well.
There’s nothing available on the market to touch it at the moment and I think it’ll be a future classic. ¶ 10:56 PM 2 comments
Friday, September 09, 2005
Civilisation
What if civilisation wasn’t, as commonly thought, an “Ascent of Man” from troglodyte to sophisticate but actually a “descent” caused by humans using up available resources.
As all humans have less genetic differences between them than two chimpanzee's from the same group, we must have come from common stock rather recently. Maybe there was a population explosion of humans after the last ice age and humans were able to start hunting on a large scale.
It’s commonly held that in primitive societies the Men hunt and the Women gather berries, roots, tubers etc etc. If so, maybe the Neolithic Revolution was caused by Men killing most of the wild “large” animals and having to depend/develop on “agriculture” and “pastoralism” to meet their ever expanding food needs.
Not that hunting for a living is easy but… surely when “game” was plentiful it was easier to hunt than to set up a completely new social structure. It seems to me that most revolutions are kicked off to try to rectify a bad situation rather than take advantage of a good one.
As we’ve “advanced” we’ve had a worsening effect on the planet and the flora and fauna on it as we frantically scramble for resources. This means there are less and less resources to exploit and humans society has had to become more and more organised to exploit those that remain.
As I said maybe it is a “Descent” rather than an “Ascent”.
But then I am a totally pessimistic bugger. ¶ 2:35 PM 0 comments
As all humans have less genetic differences between them than two chimpanzee's from the same group, we must have come from common stock rather recently. Maybe there was a population explosion of humans after the last ice age and humans were able to start hunting on a large scale.
It’s commonly held that in primitive societies the Men hunt and the Women gather berries, roots, tubers etc etc. If so, maybe the Neolithic Revolution was caused by Men killing most of the wild “large” animals and having to depend/develop on “agriculture” and “pastoralism” to meet their ever expanding food needs.
Not that hunting for a living is easy but… surely when “game” was plentiful it was easier to hunt than to set up a completely new social structure. It seems to me that most revolutions are kicked off to try to rectify a bad situation rather than take advantage of a good one.
As we’ve “advanced” we’ve had a worsening effect on the planet and the flora and fauna on it as we frantically scramble for resources. This means there are less and less resources to exploit and humans society has had to become more and more organised to exploit those that remain.
As I said maybe it is a “Descent” rather than an “Ascent”.
But then I am a totally pessimistic bugger. ¶ 2:35 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 02, 2005
Looters in New Orleans
I think the armed criminals taking advantage of the situation in New Orleans are scum, utter scum.
People are putting their lives on the line to rescue others and they get shot at?
Fair enough if you are "looting" by helping yourself to some food or items to trade on the black market but to rob, rape and murder other people just because you can? roast in hell ya bastards. ¶ 5:21 PM 0 comments
People are putting their lives on the line to rescue others and they get shot at?
Fair enough if you are "looting" by helping yourself to some food or items to trade on the black market but to rob, rape and murder other people just because you can? roast in hell ya bastards. ¶ 5:21 PM 0 comments
Shrub now a lame duck
bush has been found out - the Hurricane and his response to it has dealt his presidency a mortal blow IMO.
The hurricane was an unforseen disaster but bush's action or inaction made it so much worse.
* Lousiana National Guard - Guarding the nation.... of Iraq
* Money for flood defences - cut because the money was need for the Iraq war (well, haliburton's "no-bid" guaranteed contracts anyway)
* Official It was going to come, where were the plans? - When bush first stole office, a report said the three main disaster risks were:
He let #2 happen on his watch and,in my opinion, completely bungled the response to it.
#3 could have happened anytime, but there were signs years in advance that this may happen. His administration ran down the preparedness, cut the budget for neccessary flood defences and *so far* seems to be making a total mess of the rescue and clean-up.
Good luck to those affected by the hurricane and it's aftermath. ¶ 1:10 PM 0 comments
The hurricane was an unforseen disaster but bush's action or inaction made it so much worse.
* Lousiana National Guard - Guarding the nation.... of Iraq
* Money for flood defences - cut because the money was need for the Iraq war (well, haliburton's "no-bid" guaranteed contracts anyway)
* Official It was going to come, where were the plans? - When bush first stole office, a report said the three main disaster risks were:
- Massive Earthquake in California
- Terrorist Attack on New York
- Hurricane hitting New Orleans
He let #2 happen on his watch and,in my opinion, completely bungled the response to it.
#3 could have happened anytime, but there were signs years in advance that this may happen. His administration ran down the preparedness, cut the budget for neccessary flood defences and *so far* seems to be making a total mess of the rescue and clean-up.
Good luck to those affected by the hurricane and it's aftermath. ¶ 1:10 PM 0 comments
