barrym's comments

On: Revitalization of the Chernobyl zone

[barrym]

I went there last year on a tourist trip - walking around the exclusion zone and through the abandoned buildings was an amazing experience and I'd recommend it to anyone.

[ScotterC → barrym]

I've always really wanted to go. I'm quite familiar with the accident and thought it would be a great place to be a complete hermit :)

[barrym → ScotterC]

It's extremely peaceful and quiet there, so you'd probably be quite happy.

On: Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is a done deal

[barrym]

It took me a while to realise it wasn't a screenshot he was using in the post.

[dquigley → barrym]

I have to admit I didn't realize it wasn't a screenshot until I came here to see what people's comments were.

On: Facebook for iPad

[barrym]

Sounds like you've installed the iPhone app - it seems the iPad app isn't live just yet.

On: Practical Nerd: The hidden price of “free”

[barrym]

You can change how much disk space it uses in the settings.

On: Functional Programming Is Hard, That's Why It's Go...

[barrym]

I write Erlang every day and love it, but I have to agree with most of the points raised by http://damienkatz.net/2008/03/what_sucks_abou.html

On: It’s only a few lines of code, or a button… pay up

[barrym]

I'm not sure it's written by Dan Abelow - http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/05/13/honan-lodsys and http://www.lodsys.com/1/post/2011/05/q-what-is-dan-abelows-i...

[jcromartie → barrym]

Then someone must just really like him, since he's mentioned by name on most pages.

On: Why don’t journalists link to primary sources?

[barrym]

http://www.badscience.net is Ben Goldacre's blog, and he publishes his Guardian articles there.

On: Review of the 11" MacBook Air

[barrym]

Does the same on my 13 inch - it freaked me out the first time I saw it. Same for everyone else in my office who owns one.

On: The Dream Is Over: Music Labels Have Killed Their ...

[barrym]

Or even/sometimes worse - tracks which you were able to play previously, which this week are now not available.

[dlib → barrym]

This week I played a track only to find it had actually changed since last time I played it. The original was retracted and instead I got an alternative version.

Nonetheless I'm happy with Spotify, although the number of unavailable records is increasing

On: Google Reader reader? Would you find this service...

[barrym]

This is my biggest annoyance with my RSS feeds, I'd love to see this have a solution.