by Tom | Dec 13, 2007 | Reading
LinkedIn has finally made its move on Facebook, and Moveable Type on WordPress. Roll on the improvements in all four of them. I currently prefer LinkedIn (for business) and WordPress (runs this blog) – interesting to see what that looks like in a years’...
by Tom | Dec 13, 2007 | Reading
The team wants to video our Xmas trip to Palma, so borrowed a video camera (Sony DCR 101E or something like that). We couldn’t get the tape in it (it would pop back out again after some beeping. There was an error message on the screen (C 21:00 – I thought...
by Tom | Dec 13, 2007 | Reading
Beautiful / strange look at a whale hunt.
by Tom | Dec 12, 2007 | Reading
Interesting thoughts on how to keep your blog alive after your death. While I have lots of stuff backed up, I don’t think anyone but me would easily be able to access it. There’s a business in here, somewhere.
by Tom | Dec 12, 2007 | Reading
I wasn’t properly aware of earmarking: in this case $1.8bn for defense projects that the Pentagon did not request. The table comparing earmarking vs lobbying spend is very, very interesting: it is massively cost-effective to lobby for contracts. I suppose this...
by Tom | Dec 12, 2007 | Reading
The plain English campaign has released its end-of-year list of items that destroy the English language. Frighteningly, the council one is probably the most concise summary I’ve seen on what’s going on in the inspection regime for local government.
