Category Archives: General

I just read that New Worlds bookstore in London is closing. This is really sad news because I often visited it when I lived in Cambridge. It had a quite amazing collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy novels, especially US … Continue reading →

I should really be working, not blogging today. (Since today is Monday).

Retrofone is a fairly new company that sells older model mobile phones. It seems that this may be where some of the those traded in phones are actually going. The company has a whole range of old models for sale … Continue reading →

Robert X Cringely offered up a new view on where Google is going. His view seems to be that Google will eventually be in control of much of the internet experience though their new google cache, Yahoo will probably win … Continue reading →

If you’re in the UK, then today is Election Day. Please vote if you haven’t already made a postal vote.

The inquirer has a preview of a new computer power supply that is rated at 850W with a peak of 950W. This is almost a whole kilowatt! Who needs heating? Just install a few computers and you can have all … Continue reading →

I just managed to fix a really weird bug in SQLEditor. The problem was that when ever you drew a connector between two fields all of the lines would get drawn slightly thicker. This gave a really odd visual effect. … Continue reading →

I’ve sort of just got back from a really wonderful trip to the Lake District (google map). It was great to get away from technology (mostly) and the demands of work. I really enjoyed the holiday and if you ever … Continue reading →

quango quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation from The Times

Recently I was reading an Article that was talking about venture capital funds and their need to rapidly invest or return big sums of money that they have sitting in their bank accounts. The VCs apparently either have to invest … Continue reading →

The Spielberg of Hereford includes a steam-train chase, several laser gunfights and an original score by a full symphony orchestra. Not bad considering his total budget was £20,000.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/space/mg18524911.600 (from slashdot) Definitely worth a read.

If you need a ready reference for Lumberjack Jargon there is a page at wikipedia that offers such useful, everyday phrases as: Hayburner a horse Homeguard a long-time employee of a company Hoot-nanny a small device used to hold a … Continue reading →

Unfortunately I’ve had to disable trackbacks for the time being due to excessive spam. I’m not entirely sure if it is possible to do a test to see if trackbacks are from real people or not. If I can come … Continue reading →

I’ve been wondering whether it makes sense to try to implement a single sign on system. I now have 2 bug tracking systems, a wiki, a webmail system and this web log. All of these have different authentication systems. Maybe … Continue reading →