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Oh what fun…

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I decided to give the new iOS4 a go. Upgrading an Apple device is always an exotic adventure, fraught with danger, but promising a rich reward if you manage to survive the journey.

Halfway through it decided to crash out and freeze, leaving me no option but to reset. Then it decided it needed to restore the default settings. I am currently looking at an Apple icon wth a motionless wheel of some sort.

This better be worth it.

UPDATE: I think I have killed it.

UPDATE 2: Have there ever been sweeter words than “Restore in Progress”?

UPDATE 3: Ahhhh “Sync in Progress”

Outrageous!!!

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A few years ago I discovered the Timmverse, and I was immediately hooked. I watched everything I could find (not always easy in the Antipodes) and found it far more satisfying than most of the live action movies and TV shows I had seen. From the noir feel of the Batman series to the gritty story arcs of Justice League Unlimited, for me this will always be the definitive interpretation of the DC Universe against which all others will be judged. I am afraid that as good as Christian Bale is, Kevin Conroy will always be the REAL Batman to me.

So, when I finally got Foxtel (a sorry saga I may relate for cynical amusement sometime, Dear Reader) I was disappointed to see that they weren’t currently showing any of these episodes. Needing a DC fix I decided to start watching Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and to be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from it. Continue reading →

A Rose by any other name…

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For some strange reason, I found this article laugh out loud hilarious (as in my vocal cords vibrated to emit a sound denoting mirth or amusement, not just the LOL people throw around). It did earn me few funny looks.

I don’t know whether it was the original article, the fact that people seemed to be deliberately trying to crash the commenting system with outrageous names or the fact that some of the commenters go so very angry at the lack of real world application of the post.

It’s as if they were outraged that the blog owner dared to post something that approached levity and didn’t give them a solution on a silver platter. Then again, it could have been their latest stop in a futile search to solve a mission critical issue with their database that was costing millions. That would make me angry.