The Geeky Brit

So whilst Sean was having fun with his Colorado Caucuses!, I got to sit by once again, and advise my lovely wife how to vote. Whilst I am a legal resident, without being a citizen I cannot vote. Yes folks, even marrying a US citizen and living here for numerous years, paying taxes and being a valued member of the community does not get you automatic citizenship, and more importantly today, the right to vote.

How would I have voted? Probably the same way as my lovely wife did, but of course, I will not presume to have her permission to share that vote with you!

Read the rest of this entry »

The new MacBook Air is pretty thin. It has an awesome tv ad, which even my lovely wife think is pretty cool. It has a solid state hard drive. It has a lot of cool things.

But I think it is more interesting what it does NOT have. For example an optical drive and broadband wireless. I am not sure I could justify buying a laptop without an optical drive – yes even today when network storage is common everywhere you go. I mean, when you need to share a file when there is no network, and you have no usb key with you, there are always a couple of CD-R’s floating about?

Read the rest of this entry »