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 | 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 5, 2010 | Business, General
The dark side of Dubai. I’ve never fancied going there myself, and this doesn’t add anything for me. I would have liked a little more on the transition process and speed or a comparator with other rapid transitions like the Industrial Revolution or...
by Tom | Nov 4, 2010 | General, Personal
MapCrunch is a nice idea to show you the world by randomly teleporting you to a new street view. My surprise and concern was how similar many of the places look around the world. Civilisation has become too similar to itself!
by Tom | Oct 30, 2010 | General
Mostly for Dr A, as I also couldn’t find the details online. Click through for larger versions.
by Tom | Oct 29, 2010 | General
Why do think tanks always end up politicised (possibly with a large P): needing money from corporate sponsors and / or government plus messiah-complex-cursed leaders.
