by Tom | Aug 25, 2006 | Science
Shame: I’d have liked to see hundreds more planets added, rather than Pluto removed. Just think of all the textbooks and encyclopaedias that need to be changed. Wikipedia has it covered.
by Tom | Aug 25, 2006 | IT
I sometimes get a problem with OSXvnc – I can log in fine, but then the screen flashes on then off again. I’m not sure what causes it, but I can fix it by doing the following:sudo /Library/StartupItems/OSXvnc/OSXvnc stopsudo...
by Tom | Aug 25, 2006 | IT
Finally found a nice looking filebrowser for websites. Now to get it to work on my webcam images.
by Tom | Aug 25, 2006 | Reading
Here’s another cracking guitar piece, continuing the YouTube theme.
by Tom | Aug 25, 2006 | Reading
Time to get a bump key for when I get locked out. All the more reason to use the Chubb every night. Can you believe that we didn’t for nearly three years?
by Tom | Aug 24, 2006 | Reading
I agree with Joel; sites that don’t give a) some indication of the price / cost of their product or service and / or b) give you clear instructions about cancellation / moving away cause me to rank them last in any evaluation I’m doing. Looking at the...
by Tom | Aug 24, 2006 | Reading
JRo brings his global guerilla thinking to the truce offered by bin Laden to America last month: “an Islamic tradition prior to an attack”. His prediction: not the scale of 9/11, based on systems disruption. Maybe the trip to Boston in October isn’t...
by Tom | Aug 24, 2006 | Reading
Lots of videos to watch (when you get the chance).Presentation tips from the stars (Godin, Tufte)Crazy geetar from Jonny “Guitar” Watson
by Tom | Aug 23, 2006 | Reading
Guy has ten things to learn once you leave school for business. Managing meetings rates high. You feel terribly important being invited, but the way they run and whether they were “good” appears completely mystical. Maybe this is because they are mostly a...
by Tom | Aug 23, 2006 | Reading
More concern voiced about consultants: we’re not a profession and owe our existence to regulation-created cartels. This may have some validity around Sarbox (horrible contraction – maybe I should veto its use like we all did with 7/7), but doesn’t...