by Tom | Mar 23, 2010 | Reading
Worthwhile viewing in the Big Picture: lots of nutters and excessive food production followed by water shortages.Record settersWorld water day
by Tom | Mar 23, 2010 | Reading
Wiffy sends over a lovely set of photos of kingfishers.
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Tech
Someone you know will have a 3D printer within five years. And yes, it could, but won’t necessarily be me.
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Reading
Oh dear.
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | IT
Important to get a handle on the new way of doing source control. Why? a) I am loving the Unix command line geeky loveliness that means all its commands begin with Hg and b) Joel thinks it is important and has explained it very effectively. Fogcreek does a free...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Business, Government, Reading
Apparently digital piracy has destroyed 2.7m jobs in Europe. Lots of assumptions in the model they are using, so we must take it with a pinch of salt. The £200m each year the government is wasting on reorganisation is definitely destructive.Final word: as the Mash...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Reading
We watched a little of the downhill yesterday: it is just as much fun to watch and just as scary as the Olympic version.Some great pictures from the events.And if you wondered, here’s how blind skiing works. In this example, the slalom, guided by a team mate...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Reading, Science, Tech
Lots to digest on computer games at the moment. Some factoids to peruseThere are more players playing Farmville on Facebook (not me, not yet, anyhow) than there are active on Twitter.Active online gamers have put in 10,000 hours of play by the time they are 21. This...
by Tom | Mar 19, 2010 | Reading, Science, Tech
Nice skit with Sarah Palin discussing quantum mechanics: the idea of creating quick movies with avatars reading your text is neat. More seriously, here are some serious thoughts on the LHC:They had magnets worth more than some countries’ GDP (over $1bn) hanging...
by Tom | Mar 18, 2010 | Reading
A truly glorious 27b/6 for Easter.
