Apr
30
2008
OK, maybe not today, but coming up, the 15th anniversary of the web, or to you and me, the day Tim Berners-Lee released the code on which the visual, graphic web is based (though other ‘birthdays’ are noted here – pick the anniversary you like best). The BBC has an interview here and then an intriguing set of comments [...]
Tags: Tim Berners-Lee, web's birthday
Apr
26
2008
The Telegraph has a list of the 50 best-ever cult books (for good and bad reasons, so you don’t need to feel like you have to rush out and read them all). Top of the list is Slaughterhouse 5: such a fantastic book. I spent the whole summer of my 16th year reading Kurt Vonnegut [...]
Apr
25
2008
Under the vague terms of the government’s draft statutory instrument on internet data retention, just about anyone with any kind of internet service — including a board or a blog — could theoretically be required to retain data. That, and the huge range of crime for which retained data could be used in an investigation, [...]
Apr
23
2008
I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, and with the support of the Times, we are going to see how a tech podcast works out. I hope to get the first one up next week and then maybe do a weekly download. More details when (and if!) this comes together. I figure if [...]
Apr
23
2008
I missed these guys by just a few days, as I flew back on Saturday from the Valley. A shame, as I’d have loved to have covered this. If people are around the 24th I am sure they’d welcome you for drinkies.
Apr
22
2008
I was given a copy of the draft legislation for the statutory instrument for bringing in even more data retention — in this case, for email, internet telephony, and internet usage. There’s much of interest in this document (and another story or two to come) — most extraordinary was the government’s attempt to change the [...]
Apr
21
2008
Theoretically, there are lots of ways a computer could work. Let New Scientist count the ways.
Apr
16
2008
Sitting here in San Francisco listening to HP CEO Mark Hurd and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer give keynotes to their European market channel partners. Predictable in content (motivate the troops!) with some interesting tidbits, one of which is the fact that those ‘I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC’ ads seem to get under Microsoft’s [...]
Apr
13
2008
at least one call comes into my rescue about a cavalier needing rehoming right away at least one of my own dogs or cats needs to go the vet and then some type of daily treatment the weather is expected to improve I realise none of the clothes I need for work trips is clean and presentable Yes, [...]
Apr
08
2008
AMD says it is cutting 10% of its employees worldwide, and was a year late with its Barcelona chip, but the analysts say the fat lady hasn’t sung yet. Good quote from the Motley Fool: AMD is the Apple to Intel’s Microsoft, hanging around even in the worst of times to keep the market leader [...]
Apr
08
2008
God loves a trier, but I think maybe spammers and phishers and fraudsters, who try a bit too much, are exempted even from unconditional love from above. I know I am going nuts with a new onslaught of spam in recent weeks that is slipping through the filters, and ‘turning the other cheek’ at the [...]
Apr
05
2008
I was delighted to find that the Met broadcast on Lyric FM this evening is again, La Boheme — so perfect from beginning to end. I’d love to have been able to watch the Zeffirelli production they are broadcasting — over 200 people on stage at one point! (so Met, so New York). At the [...]