by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | Reading
Obviously, you have to find your way in first.
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | Tech
Milo may be a slightly creepy wide eyed boy next door, but the way you can interact with him without a controller is pretty cool. Time for an XBox?
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | Reading
Bonuses no longer linked to being good at things and Poor people are so tedious made me laugh.
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | IT
Interesting list of free apps. I use most of them already, but…
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | IT, Personal
Nice tip: I’ve started using it for my cables; it saves on pipecleaners that I have been using to bring some order to the horror. I’m also using the earbud cord wrapping approach. Both seem effective and are quick to do.
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | Science
Apparently short sight is an epidemic, with 80% of young adults in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan myopic. After a number of theories were tested and rejected, it seems simply being outside is the critical factor. How marvellous: science working as it should and...
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | Personal, Science
In more science news that is likely to be misreported: the latest study of brain cancer incidence and mobile phone usage has shown no observable link between the two after 5-10 years of mobile usage. Despite this, I find my bluetooth headset more comfortable than...
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | IT
Given I now have a client called René, it has become very clear that typing e acute isn’t easy in the default Windows 7 UK keyboard configuration. Switching to the US-International one allows useful shortcuts such as ‘e autocorrecting to é. The downside...
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | Personal, Science
Where to start? To my mind the most significant insights from the leaked emails is the level of politicisation of science and the extent to which Feyerabend was right about the process of science. Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or...
by Tom | Dec 8, 2009 | IT
Need to copy the entries to %system32%\drivers\etc\hosts.
