by Tom | Mar 21, 2007 | IT
Funny that Windows Media plugins aren’t installed by default on Vista (or is it deliberate?) Anyhow, the instructions on Mozillazine worked well – I needed to put the downloaded plugins into the installation directory, not WMP. For reference, you need npdsplay.dll,...
by Tom | Mar 21, 2007 | Reading
Very useful tips if you meet a large animal like a moose. “You really don’t want to stress a moose out. They’re much bigger than you.”
by Tom | Mar 21, 2007 | Reading
I like Wikimapia a lot. Neat collaborative map commenting system.
by Tom | Mar 21, 2007 | Reading
The Swiss are doing yet another massive tunnel under the Alps. After our happy accident in finding the Lötschberg tunnel, I’d certainly do the Zurich to Milan route, should I ever have need.
by Tom | Mar 21, 2007 | Reading
Must watch for later: Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep.
by Tom | Feb 27, 2007 | Reading
There’s going to be an enormous “alongside” industry of people selling add-ons to online experiences. You can easily blow $100k for a chunk of Second Life and I like the fact that people are selling “fab friends” to funk up your...
by Tom | Feb 27, 2007 | Reading
This is the sort of story Caroline might send me.
by Tom | Feb 27, 2007 | Reading
It’s time to try Rockbox, I think. I very much want to do playlists on the run. That’s part of my reason for playing music on shuffle – random discovery of good stuff.
by Tom | Feb 26, 2007 | Government
Wiltshire is still bouncing back and forth in terms of one council or not – but look at the savings – 244 to 98 councillors.And in separate news, it looks like Capgemini / Swansea is bubbling over again. An outsource that will end up going back...
by Tom | Feb 26, 2007 | Reading
It’s hard to get divergent opinions at a meeting – research is beginning to back this up. Which is why we use our post-it wander around sessions as often as possible to get information out of individual heads.
