Wednesday, June 28, 2006

TWTMTW

Or for the Acronym un-friendly - That Was The Month That Was

Not blogged for almost 6 weeks, Ive either been so busy Working/Drinking been on Holiday getting Brown(er) or generally not been arsed to blog. So what have I missed then.


  • Longman Ian "Ronnie" Barker leaving us - saving us money on crisps/drinks etc
  • Taoski Dumping RoyalMail (CSC) for a big redundancy payoff*
  • The Cookie Monster dumping Royal Mail (CSC) for a big redundancy payoff*
  • Yet another potential PMP Player
  • My Wonderful holiday with SWMBO and the Outlaws
* Not Necesseraily true

So it appears the company I used to work for is not a great employer at all, Pay Freezes, Compulsory Redundancies, Takeovers etc. The good old days of working for Royal Mail IT have well and truly gone, as soon as the IT business was sold off, everything changed. Not one to slag off former employers...
I'm, well, not going to say anything. Nothing at all, Nada, zip, zilch. Nuff said, even the old timers like Tao and Cookie are off.
You see - Outsourcing is definately not a bad idea, moving your call centres and helpdesk is even worse, just ask HSBC and Powergen (Hey I used to work for Powergen on the call centre, what a loopback)

More on my holiday and The thong wearing Mother-in-Law next time... keep reading
The PMP Search Continues

Q. Take 1 Archos AV500, add Bluetooth, and ....
A. The iUbi Blue 2500B
Yes I'm still on the hunt for my PMP (Portable Media Player), Even my colleagues are buying them (albeit the Archos AV700)

But this has to be the best yet (I know I say that every time). Specs include
  • Video support for MPEG-1, 2, 4, DivX 3.x, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, Svid, WMV9, 8, 7, H.264, AVI, OGM, Mov, Real Media, meaning no need for converting my (legally backed up) Movies.
  • Audio Support for MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AC-3, ASF, AAC-LC and G.726
  • Wolfsan 3D Sound Enhancement
  • 4.3" Widescreen LCD screen (larger than the Archos AV500)
  • 8 Hour Video/15 Hour Audio battery life
  • Record directly from TV, DVD or Video (and I don't even have a video)
  • USB OTG (On The Go) support, ability to download for USB connected devices
  • Weight 260g, 1.9cm deep
  • Bluetooth

advancedmp3players advise this is availble from 30 June for £249, do I get this or wait for the next-gen players with built-in Freeview TV Tuners

More links

- Amp3 - Stuff - engadget - gizmodo