IS the BBC getting lazy? Yesterday a TV report in to bullying by mobile by children was accompanied by footage of children texting on phones that are so out of date that the children have probably left school by now. Today we get a story about an extradition of a man for alledgedly hacking into […]
London Geek Dinner
Went to this months Geek Dinner this evening, arranged by Hugh MacLeod and with special guest Robert Scoble. A very pleasant evening it was, chatting with plenty of people whose names and links I’ll add in the morning! Meanwhile, photos are over here.
Note to self
Note 1: next time you leave the office in a hurry, check you have your house keys. Note 2: Notice this fact before you’ve reached the house and have to take the cab back into town
XXX
Amongst ICANNs preliminary approval of some new Top Level Domains, (.cat, .jobs, .mobi, .post, .travel), I think using .xxx for pornogrpahy sites is just wonderfully ironic.
New Tablet
Despite having the new laptop for nearly a week, I’ve not had much chance to do much with it as not been able to set it up correctly. I’ve been out and about late, so have not had internet access (whilst awake enough!) If I was one to name my PCs I’d call it Kitty, […]
Photo Usage
I got asked today by someone wanting to use one of my images of Chiswick on a site that supports a language school here in Chiswick. I’m happy to do this – they asked!
Bloggin Malaise
staring at this trying to write something….but instead working through the last 3 episodes of Desperate Housewives. Meanwhile, Apple move to Intel chips and Google launch Sitemap to help it keep updated..
Go-karting
Go-karting was lots of fun. I’ve never done it before, so it was a good challenge. After a briefing about all the rules, with lots of safety tipos, we all (there were 12 of us) got kitted out and ventured out onto the track. You sit about 6 inches off hte ground, in front of […]
Racing life
A quietish weekend. Friday I went go-karting and then took a trip to Silverstone to watch some cars going round and round a track. Surprisingly, considering I have never watched a Formula 1 race, the behind the scenes bit was fun. One of my company’s brand is sponsoring the Mercedes McLaren team come August and […]
Borrowing
I see in the logs that one nice person has been ‘borrowing’ one of the images on the blog to provide a background image. So I’ve changed it to reflect his attittudes. Here’s the image as it now appears. I would not mind if he’d asked and then hosted on his server, but not when […]
Quick Reads
On the way in to work this morning, I was considering my first-read feeds, those blogs for which i scan my feed list and read first if I am short of time, like this morning. And then, by co-incidence I find a sort of similar posting here, from Evan Erwin. (via Doc Searls) In no […]
Life’s Clean Up
My parent’s left earlier than expected, so I spent most of yesterday doing spring cleaning. The rubbish is easy – boxes and stuff that just add clutter. Clothes are a little harder, but I’m trying to set a rule – if I have not worn in a year, out it goes. But the most difficult […]
Frog wins
The Crazy Frog apparently got to No 1 in the charts, pushing Coldplay into second. It’s not a song, but a ringtone; this is what happens when you allow downloads into the charts to make them reflect purchases more accurately. Can we change this now to only have ‘songs’?
Software is Politics
CIO Today has a report about the spread of Linux and other open source software in developing countries, especially those whose politics are lean towards socialism, as “they see software development as community building and a way keep money in the country”. There seems to be two perspectives to the choice, the first being political […]
More to go
Following on from films to go, Mcdonald’s are now looking at doing music and photos to go. I agree with Engadget’s commenters – how long before they get covered in all sorts of crap. Bu there would be a market, I can see it used by people who own MP3 players and cameras but don’t […]
Laptop missing
My new laptop, one of these Fujitsu ones, was supposed to be here today. It’s not 🙁 Guess I have to wait til tomorrow.
Parental Tales
My mother has an interestng job sometimes. Starting off a nurse, she’s moved slowly more towards the social aspects of that role. She usually has some funny or scary tales to tell and today there was one that can be shared. It started off with her team lead deciding that the place needs a tidy […]
lack of time
Lots of things to write about, just little time. My parents are visting and don’t quite get blogs or anything like that. So need to wait until they are gone. Meanwhile wander over to the photostream and take a look at some photos from a wedding I was at yesterday.
Movie recommendations
In a similar way to Amzaon, Yahoo can now offer a personalised choice of movies based on you rating a selection. It presents you an initial list of 4 or 5, you rate them and then it provides a selection of other titles. You can request not to be shown titles again, or continually refine […]
Hot, hot, hot
It’s going to be the hottest day of the year in the south today, with predicted temperature reaching 28-30 C. So I’m guessing that in the usual British tradition of failing to predict autumn leaves on the line or the impact of snow and ice on the roads we’ll be completely unprepared. The Tube lines […]