by Tom | Nov 26, 2009 | Personal, Science
Astonishing Edge on consciousness. Experiments show a clear, repeatable non-linear threshold between new events being in consciousness and not (the example is the masking effect of showing a subliminal word and then a string of letters; varying the gap between the...
by Tom | Nov 26, 2009 | Business, IT
Don’t just roll the dice. Some sensible reflections on how to approach software pricing. Seems like a lot of people just guess.
by Tom | Nov 26, 2009 | IT
HTC Hero: Tips, Tricks & Useful Apps. Does what it says on the tin. Some apps I hadn’t come across, several of which I’ll try.
by Tom | Nov 24, 2009 | IT
Sounds like I don’t quite have enough memory to run CrashPlan for QNAP. Shame, because it would be ideal: copy / backup all my music, movies and photos to the Qnap, and then have it bung it all up to Crashplan / Mozy or whatever.
by Tom | Nov 24, 2009 | IT
Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control. Some good thoughts there. I’m already trying the MP3 player earbud loop one, and am thinking about the insulation tube option.
by Tom | Nov 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
@mrchrisaddison hope Steeles was good. Cracker of a TTOI. Tom in reply to mrchrisaddison #
by Tom | Nov 20, 2009 | Science
Martian landscapes. Each and every one is genuinely extraordinary. That we don’t necessarily understand how they have got the way they have doesn’t mean they don’t exist!
by Tom | Nov 20, 2009 | Reading
Environmentalism with better music? Nice thinking on what religion needs to do to remain relevant and grow.
by Tom | Nov 20, 2009 | Business
Gladwell has a think piece (unusually for him, not very evidence-based) which attributes the crunch to the cocksure nature of the players on Wall Street.
by Tom | Nov 19, 2009 | IT
Tethering hasn’t been working for me since I got the new phone. I have been getting an error: “the Application Wireless Tether for root users (process android.tether) has stopped unexpectedly”. I’m on a rooted ROM, so it should work. Following...