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Well maybe “far from good” is a little extreme, perhaps “not as good as I was expecting” would be more appropriate. It just doesn’t make as good a headline!

I upgraded my iPhone software to iOS4 as son as it was available and started sorting out my pages of apps into neat folders of apps. So far so good. And everything else seems to be great, that is except the multi-tasking (dare I say it out loud)

While the multi-tasking itself is a welcome addition, Apple have dropped the ball in terms of how apps are closed, or sent to the background. People have been used to a single tap on the Home button to close an app for years. Now Apple have changed this basic fundamental functionality of the iPhone (and iPod touch etc.)

The main problem appears to be that most people will forget that this will only send the app to the background. It wont close it. I have done this numerous times myself already. And what then is even worse that you have to hold the task bar until the minus icon appears, then you can close the app. Ridiculous!

Apple, please fix this asap.

I’ve just upgraded the blog to WordPress 3.0. I will now have to have a shot at customizing the menus etc.
Check back for more later.

For more details on whats new in 3.0 go to wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/ and/or have a look at this video below:

Click here: facebook.com/DiscoverKerry

And the Facebook privacy debate rolls on… Thought this tweet was particularly funny. Kind of sums it all up, in a way.

First of all, last year I think, Boxer was awarded the contract for the Irish DTT rollout. They took too long and eventually pulled out from the contract. The government then awarded the contract to the second placed consortium, who also did not take up the offer. Finally we thought it was going to land in the lap of the third, and final placed consortium from the original bidding process. But guess what, now they dont want it either.

Now we have a looming analogue switch off deadline, and no one want to run the commercial DTT!

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan is to meet the Broadcasting Authority, ComReg and RTE next week in a bid to kickstart the collapsed Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) project.

A spokeswoman for the minister said last night he was “disappointed” that the Broadcasting Authority’s process to find a commercial DTT operator had failed. She added, however, that public service television would switch over from analogue to the DTT system by the EU’s 2012 deadline “come what may”.

via The Indo

Is there anything they cant (or wont) do?

Google TV is already installed/included in some new tv sets and you can also get it in a separate set top box.

Horse Racing Irish 1000 Guineas (Curragh, Sunday)

• 20 euro each way on Music Show at 4 to 1

Golf Byron Nelson Championship, US PGA Tour (Starts Thursday)

• 5 euro each way on Rickie Fowler at 33 to 1
• 5 euro each way on Andres Romero at 50 to 1
• 5 euro each way on Ricky Barnes at 80 to 1

A bit easier to read compared to the TodayFM website:

Havent seen this in a while, but the Twitter Fail Whale is back:

Twitter Fail Whale

It comes and goes throughout the day, which is kind of annoying but at least Twitter is available at some times during the day. How come Twitter havent got an adequate server setup, with enough capacity for these busy times?

A Golf channel reporter says that Tiger had to withdraw from the Player’s Championship suffering from a “bulging dick”.

TigerWoods – Playing With Bulging Dick at Players Championship 2010