14 February, 2010 – 11:02 pm
I’m very excited about this! I received an email recently from a nice lady who works with the promotional division of Nokia, asking me if I’d like to review the Nokia N900 smart phone. After checking it wasn’t a scam, it took me all of about two seconds to decide yes! They’re going to send [...]
10 November, 2009 – 10:12 pm
Over the past year or two, I have followed the sagas of the Large Hadron Collider with some interest. The countdown is on again for the second switch-on, scheduled for mid-November. For those scratching their heads right now, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator. Located underground near Geneva in Switzerland, [...]
5 October, 2009 – 11:59 pm
Been neglecting my blog somewhat over the past couple of weeks. Been on holiday in the north of Scotland with very little internet access. When you get the weather, there is no more beautiful place on Earth than the Isle of Skye and Loch Torridon. When you don’t get the weather, well, there is still [...]
25 August, 2009 – 11:42 pm
Continuing on the Scottish theme which seems to have temporarily taken over the blog (this is the last, I promise!), I see a list of the best and worst jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been published. (For the uninitiated, the Edinburgh Festival is a world-renowned arts festival which takes place every August. There [...]
9 August, 2009 – 10:19 pm
I’ve been following the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan for a number of years. A while back, I was such a huge fan that I subscribed to mailing lists, I hung out on fan forums and I think I read every good, bad and mad theory that was ever posted. (Hey, of course [...]
Couldn’t help but titter when I read that the London Stock Exchange are ceasing their partnership with Microsoft. The stock exchange has been running custom software based on Microsoft’s .NET framework, together with Windows Server 2003. The whole exchange crashed for almost a full day in September 2008, though they’ve never fully clarified the reason [...]
Cool video with Green Day performing some tracks from their new album. Set it to full screen! Green Day Interview and Session (Hope peeps outwith the UK can see this. I know BBC content is sometimes blocked for non-UK visitors)
As a huuuuuge Lord of the Rings fan, I was delighted to watch this: The Hunt for Gollum It’s a shortish film (about 35 – 40 mins) about when Gandalf sends Aragorn to track down and capture Gollum. These guys put it together for £3,000 – probably the weekly cocaine budget for the average Hollywood [...]
Welcome! I'm Mesanna, based in the UK, with a lust for computers, web design and other assorted geekery. I mostly write about Linux and tech news, but now and then I enjoy getting on my soap box for a good, old-fashioned rant. I'm rather fond of reading, Mexican food and rock music (sometimes all at the same time). I couldn't live without caffeine and my internet connection.
