Comments for Michael Henley http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk My thoughts and opinions. These are liable to change. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Spotify Integration by michael http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2012/02/04/spotify-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-5530 michael Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=539#comment-5530 @David - yes I was really surprised. There is no granularity to the Fb integration which is a real shame. It is a lot like these Fb Apps e.g Guardian. It is now a serious effort to share a link, or indeed to follow something shared, without taking the risk of marking it out as something that I have looked at. Sometimes I just want to read something without standing with a loud-hailer announcing that I have. For me it is a signal-to-noise thing: I share links exclusively to things that I see, process, and consider that my followers will enjoy. This is a (small) sub-set of all of the things I come across online. Fb now makes it very difficult for me not to increase the noise in my own signal. The Fb S-1 filing is very interesting. A lot of the commentary I am seeing indicates that it gives an unprecedented insight into their priorities, thoughts and aims. At the moment I feel slightly helpless in the tide about Fb. Socially, I can't afford to be without it, but my privacy takes huge hits every day from being there. I share an awful lot online, but the crucial point so far is that that has been *my* decision. Facebook is taking that decision out of my hands. @David – yes I was really surprised. There is no granularity to the Fb integration which is a real shame.

It is a lot like these Fb Apps e.g Guardian. It is now a serious effort to share a link, or indeed to follow something shared, without taking the risk of marking it out as something that I have looked at. Sometimes I just want to read something without standing with a loud-hailer announcing that I have. For me it is a signal-to-noise thing: I share links exclusively to things that I see, process, and consider that my followers will enjoy. This is a (small) sub-set of all of the things I come across online. Fb now makes it very difficult for me not to increase the noise in my own signal.

The Fb S-1 filing is very interesting. A lot of the commentary I am seeing indicates that it gives an unprecedented insight into their priorities, thoughts and aims. At the moment I feel slightly helpless in the tide about Fb. Socially, I can’t afford to be without it, but my privacy takes huge hits every day from being there. I share an awful lot online, but the crucial point so far is that that has been *my* decision. Facebook is taking that decision out of my hands.

]]> Comment on Spotify Integration by David http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2012/02/04/spotify-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-5507 David Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:03 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=539#comment-5507 As a PS, the most interesting thing I've read about the Facebook IPO is by Alexis Madrigal, <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/12/02/heres-the-number-that-matters-in-facebooks-ipo-filing/252471/" rel="nofollow">Here's the Number That Matters in Facebook's IPO Filing</a>. "Expect much more of this kind of thing" is the take-away. As a PS, the most interesting thing I’ve read about the Facebook IPO is by Alexis Madrigal, Here’s the Number That Matters in Facebook’s IPO Filing. “Expect much more of this kind of thing” is the take-away.

]]> Comment on Spotify Integration by David http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2012/02/04/spotify-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-5506 David Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:25:44 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=539#comment-5506 Yep. I noticed this late last year, sending track suggestions to a friend using the internal-to-Spotify messaging system. It opened a Facebook message thread on his side, without telling me it was going to do so or that it had done so. I've tried sharing a playlist and the same thing happened. It's killed sharing from within Spotify for me. I hadn't realised until recently how Spotify compels new subscribers to join Facebook. That's what was at the root of the problem we had. But I imagine you and Alex joined Spotify pre the Facebook lock-in … Tightening, vice-like grip, eh? Yep. I noticed this late last year, sending track suggestions to a friend using the internal-to-Spotify messaging system. It opened a Facebook message thread on his side, without telling me it was going to do so or that it had done so. I’ve tried sharing a playlist and the same thing happened. It’s killed sharing from within Spotify for me.

I hadn’t realised until recently how Spotify compels new subscribers to join Facebook. That’s what was at the root of the problem we had. But I imagine you and Alex joined Spotify pre the Facebook lock-in … Tightening, vice-like grip, eh?

]]> Comment on Data Abroad: Cyprus (South) by Mike http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2011/09/04/data-abroad-cyprus-south/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 Mike Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:54:55 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=422#comment-4618 Thanks for that Michael. I've been trying all day to get a friend's Cytamobile pre-pay sim to work in my unlocked Huawei E5830 in the UK, so that I can use it when I go on holiday to Cyprus. I've tried various APNs from several sources, all without success until I came upon your blog- 'pp.internet' works fine. Cheers, Mike. Thanks for that Michael. I’ve been trying all day to get a friend’s Cytamobile pre-pay sim to work in my unlocked Huawei E5830 in the UK, so that I can use it when I go on holiday to Cyprus. I’ve tried various APNs from several sources, all without success until I came upon your blog- ‘pp.internet’ works fine. Cheers, Mike.

]]> Comment on Safari running in the background on Lion? by Alex Muller http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2011/09/04/safari-running-in-the-background-on-lion/comment-page-1/#comment-4531 Alex Muller Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:26:09 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=428#comment-4531 This would irritate the hell out of me if I'd upgraded to Lion - apparently Safari reloads tabs for the hell of it, just like it does on iOS (though on a mobile device, there's at least a reason to). This would irritate the hell out of me if I’d upgraded to Lion – apparently Safari reloads tabs for the hell of it, just like it does on iOS (though on a mobile device, there’s at least a reason to).

]]> Comment on Zif268 consensus. Revision gets silly. by Helen http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2011/05/30/4de3b18a3c35a/comment-page-1/#comment-4025 Helen Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:11:38 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=398#comment-4025 Hahaha. Reminds me of my one for the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence found on the 16S RNA. UUCCACCACUAG "Under Your Chair Sits A Cat. Cats Are Cute. You Agree?" Hahaha. Reminds me of my one for the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence found on the 16S RNA.
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“Under Your Chair Sits A Cat. Cats Are Cute. You Agree?”

]]> Comment on Updating MovableType to send email via sendmail on NFS by Installing MovableType on NearlyFreeSpeech Part 2: Set-Up and Config « Michael Henley http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2009/09/30/updating-movabletype-to-send-email-via-sendmail-on-nfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3947 Installing MovableType on NearlyFreeSpeech Part 2: Set-Up and Config « Michael Henley Thu, 26 May 2011 21:40:12 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=170#comment-3947 [...] Address. If, like me, you had already skipped over this step then follow the instructions here to configure sendmail from outside the [...] [...] Address. If, like me, you had already skipped over this step then follow the instructions here to configure sendmail from outside the [...]

]]> Comment on Installing MovableType on NearlyFreeSpeech Part 2: Set-Up and Config by michael http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2009/09/07/installing-movabletype-on-nearlyfreespeech-part-2-set-up-and-config/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 michael Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:30:00 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=145#comment-2972 @Dean Mayers No problem! Glad it was useful. @Dean Mayers No problem! Glad it was useful.

]]> Comment on Installing MovableType on NearlyFreeSpeech Part 2: Set-Up and Config by Dean Mayers http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2009/09/07/installing-movabletype-on-nearlyfreespeech-part-2-set-up-and-config/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 Dean Mayers Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:20:52 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=145#comment-2971 Thank God for this guide! It was a massive help, and much clearer than the "official" one. Thanks again. Thank God for this guide! It was a massive help, and much clearer than the “official” one.

Thanks again.

]]> Comment on Installing MovableType on NearlyFreeSpeech Part 1: Downloading and Permissions by man http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2009/09/07/installing-movabletype-on-nearlyfreespeech-part-1-downloading-and-permissions/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 man Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:15:30 +0000 http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/?p=132#comment-2087 great, just what I needed! thx! :) great, just what I needed! thx! :)

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