by Tom | Dec 2, 2010 | General
Two feet of snow. Lovely gag from earlier in the year. Hat tip to Amanda Flood for the link.
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | IT
I have had a painful few days with my Windows 7 print spooler crashing (you can stop the spooler service but can’t restart it) after one print run on a QNAP 239 Pro II shared printer. Lots of rebooting required, which is fairly quick on the Studio XPS, but still...
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | Personal
National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010. Lots of brilliant photos there. Some faves:
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | Business
Wall Street Firm Uses Algorithms to Make Sports Betting Like Stock Trading. A relatively dull title, but an interesting article. Question: does the fact that a lot of the apparatus and technology used by the city can be applied to gambling show that the two are...
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | Business, Tech
Just imagine when your mobile has near field and you can do this with museum exhibits, places, concerts. This was done by Coca Cola with specific RFID wristbands and readers, but it can’t be too long before Facebook is omnipresent. Now that is a real challenge...
