by Tom | Jun 14, 2006 | Reading
Six lovely factoids from Charles Arthur – here is a cut-down summary of the ones I liked. Why not read them all:Knife deaths are falling; surgeons treat attacks more effectivelyMotorola got its country name field length wrong and ended up publicising Palestine...
by Tom | Jun 13, 2006 | Reading
Music fans can copy own tracks has this long-awaited quote from the head of the BPI, who wanted to:make it unequivocally clear to the consumer that if they copy their CDs for their own private use in order to move the music from format to format, we will not pursue...
by Tom | Jun 13, 2006 | Reading
More genius small child action: A short story about Poo. Can you call a child\’s bluff? You have to learn how at some stage.
by Tom | Jun 12, 2006 | Science
Two brilliant shots on APOD. Firstly, a quiet day on the surface of the sun. Doesn’t look quiet to me!9410Secondly, a sideways galaxy – you can only just make out the orangey bit at the centre.9413
by Tom | Jun 10, 2006 | Reading
Walking World looks exactly what I’ve been wanting to help us do more walks around London. Prints out good guides, linked to OS maps with pictures for the tricky bits. And only
by Tom | May 30, 2006 | IT
For you football plus Palm-owners out there, here’s the application you need. Except that it restarts my Treo on run. C’est la vie, no?
by Tom | May 30, 2006 | Reading
Crowdsourcing is a nice new word for businesses like iStockphoto and Slivers of Time, where large numbers of people can make money in a “small” way. I think there will be a lot of similar businesses taking off based around hobbies (like photography)....
by Tom | May 30, 2006 | Government
See, it’s not dead, just becoming an adolescent. Which is why you’d rather it wasn’t around the house any more. Interesting review from Mather, but 95% central government focused. Even though take up is still low among citizens, local authorities...
by Tom | May 30, 2006 | Reading
Who knew that we had the lowest level of representation in the western world? That’s in terms of electors per councillor. But France at 1:116 seems astonishingly small. I guess 1:2600 is too large for my voice to be heard. But my ward has 10,000 people and three...
by Tom | May 30, 2006 | IT
Useful one-pager on how to customise Excel through startup worksheets/workbooks.
