1990s run on the banks?

by | Oct 26, 2005 | Reading

There wasn’t a run on the banks in the 1990s, but it wasn’t far away. Well worth a read and a contemplate as to which systems are similarly vulnerable nowadays.

i-mode arrives

by | Oct 26, 2005 | Reading

NEC N411i i-mode phone heralds the start of i-mode in the UK. The reviewer likes having streetmap in his pocket. But I’ve had all this with my Treo and GPRS for over a year. Not to mention KMaps, etc. Too much pay content for my liking. Not for me!

Clickie

by | Oct 26, 2005 | IT

Clickie adds a context menu which allows you to copy the file name and path to the clipboard from Explorer. Very useful if you send around file links in Outlook (and don’t use V as your file viewer!).

FLY Pentop Computer

by | Oct 26, 2005 | Reading

The Fly Pentop Computer is an amazing concept. I like the idea of semi haptics in a small form factor like a pen. Neato. This if obviously for kids only, but the general idea is a great extension of the “smart pen that remembers what you’ve written”...

Chief Exec’s Blog

by | Oct 2, 2005 | Government

Chief Exec’s Blog appears to be the first blogging local council Chief Executive in the UK. Some interesting nuggets there, especially around the efficiency review.

House prices

by | Oct 2, 2005 | Personal

Actual house prices has been a killer application in many countries. Now it’s come to the UK on a free-for-old-data, pay-for-new model, an ad-supported model and on a pay-a-pound-a-search model. The paid version is a better search, but the ad-supported one...

e-gov old and new

by | Oct 2, 2005 | Government

old, old job and new job on the same page. Phil Hope’s announcement was at our recent event; the report from Datamonitor predicting increased spending due to e-gov appears to fly in the face of councils stated spending intentions.

GMail invite spooler

by | Oct 2, 2005 | Reading

isnoop.net has a GMail invite spooler that will find you a GMail account if you don’t have one.