by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting behind the scenes sketch of the big decisions in bringing the iPhone to market. Who will do the next killer device? Will it be Apple again? No-one has come close to my Treo (old 650) as far as I can tell. I want a phone, a "business device" (does...
by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Some nice simple rules on how to eat sensibly – we´re trying to do most of these (we haven´t bought our smaller plates and bowls yet).
by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
While the double-blind clinical trial is a gold standard for scientific investigation (especially in medicine, but it is applicable elsewhere) it is instructive to see how badly drug companies still run them.
by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Gladwell illustrates the difficulty in defining "enhancement usage" nicely: where do we draw the line? What we can detect in the body?
by Tom | Jan 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Bug Labs looks like it has a neat product which allows you to create your own gadget to test or use in anger. Need a GPS-enabled camera? Here´s how you get one.
by Tom | Jan 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
by Tom | Jan 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Very sad news that George MacDonald Fraser, the author of Flashman, has died. He had said that he didn´t think there would be any more novels, but even so. Great to have a series of novels where the hero was an anti-hero.
by Tom | Jan 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hadn´t come across HDR before. Now I want to learn how to do it. Instructions for HDR on the D80 Further thoughts around bracketing Summary thoughts on the whole process
by Tom | Jan 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
I like Clarkson for his chutzpah – who else would put their bank account details on line as a response to the HMRC fiasco (he thought it was a storm in a teacup). Even better that someone hacked them and made a charity donation. I would have thought a donation...
by Tom | Jan 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Looks like fun. Although at 1400+ pages, I won´t be reading all of it soon.
