by Tom | Apr 19, 2010 | Government
It is nigh-on impossible for the Lib Dems to win the upcoming election, even if they improve their share massively. Our first-past-the-post system just doesn’t give them that chance.However, the ability and growing intention (seemingly) of the public to make...
by Tom | Apr 16, 2010 | General
It was surprisingly nice to have lunch in the garden under oddly blue and quiet skies. I’m not sure what was black of planes and what was volcanic ash, but it was lovely.
by Tom | Apr 16, 2010 | IT
Duplicate Cleaner is a nice application (and free) that has been pretty effective at phase one of wiping out my massive numbers of duplicate photos and music files.
by Tom | Apr 16, 2010 | Business, Personal
I sincerely hope that the various pieces of copyright legislation under development across the world are simply the death throes of dying industries. I don’t want to be part of the world they are attempting to bring about (Cory Doctorow in the Grauniad). Rule...
by Tom | Apr 16, 2010 | Government
Amazing that any of the party leaders used figures that were wrong during the debate. But they all did, to little effect on their arguments. The most specific fail for me was Clegg going on about young men being taught to be criminals. The figures don’t appear...
by Tom | Apr 15, 2010 | Science
Too much to choose from in this brilliant series of images from journeys to the International Space Station. Let’s hope Obama’s vision keeps the spirit alive. I wonder if the astronauts ever get tired looking down at the earth?
by Tom | Apr 15, 2010 | Business
Fascinating chart of the US financial sector profits vs non-financial. What a minimal blip that was…
by Tom | Apr 14, 2010 | Business, Reading
Good to see that an investigative article created by a new-fangled business model for journalism has been awarded a Pulitzer this year. Maybe journalism isn’t dead after all…
by Tom | Apr 14, 2010 | Tech
It’s quite a strong statement from Apple: “you can only use our compiler to write code for our devices”. The Adobe guys must be gutted at having developed a dead smart system for getting Flash-based code to compile for iPhone.There is a good argument...
by Tom | Apr 14, 2010 | Government, Science
The LibDems are the only ones to have spelled anything out as yet, but while we wait for the other parties, here is a good summary of where they are up to.I like the freedom of speech / libel, freeing of state-funded trial data and scientific advisory body...
