by Tom | Mar 29, 2003 | Reading
Is Tufte suggesting that bad PowerPoint may have played a part in the Shuttle disaster? It sure looks that way. Regardless, its a great summary of what not to do on a PowerPoint slide.
by Tom | Mar 29, 2003 | IT
TV Torrent has the new series of 24, just in case you’ve missed any. NB the way Bit Torrent starts off is misleading: I’m guessing it writes out a 400MB blank file to write bits to as they come off the wire. To the user it looks like it’s actually...
by Tom | Mar 29, 2003 | Science
Another human ingenuity story: using the temperature difference between the deep and surface ocean (up to 43C) you can create fresh water and power. This will provide a massive boost for smaller islands, and might even make some currently uninhabitable places...
by Tom | Mar 29, 2003 | Personal
Looks like the BBC owes Ben a nod? The 10 things we didn’t know this time last week seems remarkably close to a regular feature of Longers’ blog.
by Tom | Jul 4, 2002 | General
90% of Japanese DoCoMo messages are spam. That’s way high. No wonder the service has plateaued.
