by Tom | Nov 28, 2004 | Reading
A very informative survey of the future of IT in the Economist. The theory being that IT specialist skills in consumers will dissapear in the next 20 years, just as the requirement to have a mechanic on tap (which lead to the existence of chauffers in the early days...
by Tom | Nov 25, 2004 | Science
Oh My God It Burns! tests whether putting rubbish vodka through a Brita water filter makes it better. They say yes, I say “is this an add for Brita?”.
by Tom | Nov 25, 2004 | Reading
There are some fairly serious problems with the Treo 650s which relate to a new filesystem that massively expands file sizes. Amazing that this wasn’t spotted in a beta or something. Maybe I should hold off getting one before going to India…[Update: looks...
by Tom | Nov 25, 2004 | Science
The Worst Jobs in Science has some nasties. Anal Wart researcher; tampon squeezer. Shudder.
by Tom | Nov 25, 2004 | Reading
Ofcom is going to deregulate large chunks of spectrum and let market forces sort it out. Nice one, and would put us ahead of the US.
