Archive for April, 2008

Apr 30 2008

It was 15 years ago today…

Published byKarlin under internet,technoculture

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 [...]

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Apr 26 2008

Ooooh, cult book reading list!

Published byKarlin under arts,general weirdness

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 [...]

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Apr 25 2008

Data retention is bad business

Published byKarlin under internet,ireland,politics,privacy

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, [...]

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Apr 23 2008

Tech podcast coming — I think!

Published byKarlin under podcasts

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 [...]

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Apr 23 2008

Irish Web 2.0 gang in SF this week

Published byKarlin under events,internet

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.

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Apr 22 2008

Draft data retention legislation leaked

Published byKarlin under internet,politics,privacy

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 [...]

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Apr 21 2008

The 10 weirdest computers

Published byKarlin under general weirdness,tech

Theoretically, there are lots of ways a computer could work. Let New Scientist count the ways.

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Apr 16 2008

I’m a Mac and you’re a grumpy PC

Published byKarlin under Apple,tech

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 [...]

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Apr 13 2008

I know I’m traveling soon when…

Published byKarlin under trips

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, [...]

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Apr 08 2008

Chip religious wars

Published byKarlin under tech

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 [...]

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Apr 08 2008

‘Feeding costs’?

Published byKarlin under ramblings

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 [...]

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Apr 05 2008

Puccini and a box of kleenex

Published byKarlin under arts

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 [...]

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