Chilling_Silence's blogPersonal Rantings
Well done Google, we know you care about the future of the web with your WebM Project (VP8)
Yes, it’s been announced as predicted: http://webmproject.blogspot.com/2010/05/introducing-webm-open-web-media-project.html All I can say is well done Google, they’ve truly done the right thing and could have single-handedly helped to preserve the future of video on the web! They’ve also hit the ground running with a very impressive list of people backing the format, such as: nVidia Intel […]
Why VP8 matters
This post was made prior to the Google IO conference which is May 19 -> 20th, and as such things may change after this date. VP8 is potentially a game-changer in the realm of both streaming, High-Definition, and mobile video devices. It also has the potential to help in the killing of Adobe Flash, and […]
What you never knew that you needed to know about Broadband and Fibre to the Home
With the government investing NZD$1,500,000,000 into this “Ultra fast broadband” Fibre-Optic network, you’d expect them to have good reason for it right? You’d also expect people would generally back the idea of it, and know why we, as a country, need this infrastructure investment. If only that were so! Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven […]
The importance of a good router – Why your internet keeps failing
EDIT: Found this in September 2011 that agrees with pretty much all I write, from a major Australian ISP. Well worth the read:Â http://www.internode.on.net/support/guides/internet_access/broadband_adsl/optimising_adsl2_/ “But I have a good router already! My ISP gave me it, it must be the best!” Man if I had a couple of bucks every time I’ve heard that, I’d be […]
Telecom Geek Exchange Tour 2009
Let me just start by saying what an amazing and impressive tour it was, so much knowledge, so much cool tech stuff, so a big thankyou to Telecom Wholesale, Chorus and Jay Best for organizing the whole thing! Anyway for now there’s just photo’s, I’ll go back later and add some tags or comments about […]
Is Big Time really worthwhile?
(26/12/2009) Edit 2: It seems that Telecom are truly trying their best with this plan, and the few employees I’ve spoken who have anything to do with Big Time and its implementation are almost zealous about making it the best possible plan that they can! They’ve even been watching the likes of geekzone, gpforums, pressf1, […]
Testing from iPhone
This is just a quick test post from my iPhone. Sadly I noticed my first scratch on the screen after almost 18 months. Gutted as. All things considered it’s been pretty darn good, hard to scratch (not that I’ve actively tried), and I figure I’ll get an upgrade in June so I think I’ll just […]
Intro to the blog
Just a quick post to test a few things out, and you can expect a few more tech posts within the next few days. I think I’ll quite possibly cross-post everything I do on elastix.org here (Provided they’re cool with that), and I’ll be posting How-To’s, diagnostic details, general rantings & ramblings amongst other things […]