by Tom | Dec 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Green Sahara. Where to start. I love the giraffe petroglyph, especially given it is around 8,000 years old. But what about this: sand has a memory of when it last saw light. Yes, that´s what I thought to. Apparently you can date recent to c. 500,000 years old...
by Tom | Dec 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
12 trusts join NHS shared services. Interesting to see SBS step in after a Capita deal went sour. I´m not sure the argument in the article about SBS benefiting from the downturn makes a huge amount of sense, though.
by Tom | Dec 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
It has taken a while to work out what to do with Google contacts (which I want to be the central store for my contacts). Having various attempts at sync cause massive duplication (up to 6x in the end) I went back to a known good set from a couple of months ago. The...
by Tom | Dec 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
Personal Software Inspector is a great free download that checks the software on your system to see if any of it is at risk (mostly from hackers, exploits and the like). Saves you having to worry about whether software has been updated or not and links directly to...
by Tom | Dec 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
I needed a new small laptop for work, and saw the Samsung NC10 in a shop and liked it. It isn´t cheap for a netbook at around
by Tom | Dec 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
Seeing Stars With Thunderbird is exactly what the doctor ordered – I can now see starred items only in a custom view. Who knew that starred was a status just like read or replied? Well, I do now.
by Tom | Dec 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Servant Leadership is a nice way of putting it. I believe it is as important as a manager to help with the work activities people don´t like as it is to bring on the exciting new learning opportunities. How else do you keep the respect of others? Not by being...
by Tom | Dec 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
A lovely Bad Science title: Scientific proof that we live in a warmer and more caring universe. Despite the fact that there are 4% more Down syndrome births each year, we are actually creating far more Downs babies, and choosing not to bring them to term, in the same...
by Tom | Dec 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Open source hardware projects. Lot more fun than the radios I used to build on breadboards that look very similar to the modern ones. Just think what your kids could get up to with some of these!
by Tom | Dec 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Lots of Big Picture to catch up on. California wildfires (yet again). I´m glad that our Santa Barbara chums a) escaped and b) returned unharmed to an untouched house. Would you stay and take a picture or run?
