One of the great things in life that I indulge in is coffee. There’s some stereotypical geek persona that I’m sure I fit right into. I’m a writer and a geek — therefore, I drink copious amounts of coffee (it wouldn’t be incorrect). I also happen to work with technology on a daily basis, asContinue reading “Fussy Coffee Making”
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Alex Knight is a creator of words, audio, and video content.
Black Death
I love Sean Bean as an actor and all around upstanding and cool guy. This weekend I watched him in the sequel to Silent Hill, which as an aside, was an excellent movie and superior to the first — which in and of itself wasn’t a bad movie. Sean Bean is one of those extremelyContinue reading “Black Death”
Amazon Is Building A Hardware And Services Empire
It’s incredible to reflect on Amazon’s history as a once strictly online retailer, and think one day they would get into the web services business. It was ten years ago in 2002 when Amazon Web Services was launched — that’s certainly quite a long time in Internet years. It wasn’t until 2006 though when the companyContinue reading “Amazon Is Building A Hardware And Services Empire”
Thomas Brand And I Talk About Old Things
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Thomas Brand, of Egg Freckles fame. We reminisced about passed technologies, current technology, trends in OS X, and even Linux. Alex Knight: What is it about old technology that some people such as yourself seem to cling to it so strongly? I’ve been pondering this lately,Continue reading “Thomas Brand And I Talk About Old Things”
Apple Ships Podcasts with iCloud Syncing Support
When Apple shipped the first version of their own Podcasts app a few months back, I lambasted it for its strange reel-to-reel tape deck skeuomorphic design. There were many problems with the app though other than just the design, such as: sluggish performance, stability, and no option to auto-download new episodes. Apple of course followedContinue reading “Apple Ships Podcasts with iCloud Syncing Support”
Reflecting on August
I’m sitting at my computer on a very rainy Sunday. The summer seems to have come to a close and fall is encroaching quickly. August was a relatively quiet month as far as big announcements in the technology sector. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t an interesting month though. I finally got access to App.net, andContinue reading “Reflecting on August”
Microsoft’s Core Problem
The Nokia Lumia 920 has been announced, and it will ship with Windows Phone 8. Everything I’ve read and heard so far about the operating system itself sounds great, and it seems like it might do for Microsoft what Android 4.1 did for Google — continued refinement and filling in feature gaps. Although the deviceContinue reading “Microsoft’s Core Problem”
Games I’m Playing This Week
I’ve been trying to get back into iOS gaming lately. I found a few good ones which fall into different categories, so I thought I would share them. Galaxy on Fire 2HD ORC Vengeance Flip’s Escape Random Heroes Dead Trigger RealMyst The most visually impressive game that I’ve ever played on iOS thus far isContinue reading “Games I’m Playing This Week”
Using Buffer to Cross Post Between App.net And Twitter
Over a year ago, I sung praises about Buffer. If you’re as of yet unfamiliar with this, it’s a web app that allows you to schedule specific times when you want to post to your favourite social networks. More specifically, you can keep on writing without fear of bombarding everyone’s timeline. It was a neatContinue reading “Using Buffer to Cross Post Between App.net And Twitter”
I Wasn’t Always A Mac User
I wasn’t always a Mac user. Back in the late 90s, I remember being a pretty serious PC gamer. I used to rebuild my computer once a year because I always lusted after the latest Intel processors and Nvidia GPUs. Whilst many people I knew played Starcraft, I was hugely into first person shooters. OneContinue reading “I Wasn’t Always A Mac User”