by Tom | Nov 24, 2010 | Reading
http://m.boingboing.net/2010/11/24/irish-journalisms-tr.html Image: http://craphound.com/images/197206998.jpg Not the kind of journalism we are used to…
by Tom | Nov 17, 2010 | Personal, Science
John Snow’s pump. Great story of medical research proving that cholera was waterborne, great infographic, good pub, too. I’d never connected them all, despite often seeming to go to Broadwick Street weekly.
by Tom | Nov 16, 2010 | General
Following the useful suggestions from this thread, I changed my BT router and QNap NAS settings to speed up my downloads. Disable UPnP in the router (BT Home Hub, Advanced>Application Sharing>UPnP menu) Change the torrent port on the NAS from 6881-6991 to...
by Tom | Nov 16, 2010 | Science
Great article with a silly title: Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science. Quote from the hero of the piece: something to help us recast scientific research for the future: “Science is a noble endeavor, but it’s also a low-yield endeavor,†he says. “I’m not...
by Tom | Nov 16, 2010 | Business, Government
Who’s Lobbying is a useful resource to see who’s meeting which departments and for what purpose. Great use of open data and some whizzy matching tools.