Category Archives: Techietalk

Talk talk

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

Strip away the glitz and glamour, all the mesh and fripperies, the shopping and dancing, the building and the bonking from SL and you’re left with what was once the staple diet of the internet – chat. In fact, all … Continue reading →

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Unpredictable

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

Oh dear, it’s that time of year again… The time when every blogger takes on the somewhat pointless exercise of reviewing the year that’s passed and offering up their predictions on what the new year is likely to bring. It’s … Continue reading →

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I’m sorry Dave

Posted on November 16, 2018 by

Somebody famous died this week in, their nineties; somebody who influenced the way we interpret the world around us and whom most of us can quote without even thinking about it. And it wasn’t Stan Lee. This person, who passed … Continue reading →

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You’d be home by now

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

Have you ever seen one of those signs at the side of the road, usually situated on a new housing development, subtly appealing to the commuter stuck in a traffic queue for the fifth time that week… “If you lived … Continue reading →

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Intruder alert!

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

Hi. Is that technical support? I have a problem with my monitor. Yes, it’s working just fine, but there is a bit of an issue with it. Well, there’s a smudge on the screen. No, it’s clean – no fingerprints, … Continue reading →

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Much ado… With nothing about

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

A great deal has been happening in and around SL in recent weeks, although reading this blog  you wouldn’t know it! On the technical side, the white-coated geeks at Linden Lab, (or  more accurately, the trendy, beardy-faced, jeans and t-shirt … Continue reading →

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A different view

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

When it comes to the technicalities of SL, I’m no expert, but I do like to keep abreast of developments and try to stay informed and up to date with what’s going on behind the scenes. I sometimes forget that … Continue reading →

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Cam whore

Posted on March 16, 2018 by

I’ve always felt that one of the greatest innovations that the internet has given us is the, now pretty much ubiquitous, webcam. I can vividly remember buying my first webcam, back in the days when 240p was considered high end … Continue reading →

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Silly String

Posted on February 23, 2018 by

We love to complain about performance – it doesn’t really matter whether we’re talking about our work colleagues’ ability to pull their weight, the fact that our trains are incapable of running on time, our favourite sports team’s ability to … Continue reading →

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The coal man cometh…

Posted on December 30, 2017 by

“But on us both did haggish age steal on. And wore us out of act!” – Yep, going all cultural today and quoting Shakespeare at you – ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’, according to the Bard, but is that really true? Just … Continue reading →

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