by Tom | Jul 28, 2005 | Reading
Not something I thought I’d see in my lifetime. Let’s hope they all mean it! IRA says ‘armed campaign over’All IRA units have been ordered to dump arms. All Volunteers have been instructed to assist the development of purely political and...
by Tom | Jul 28, 2005 | Reading
More Government IT Competitions Coming Soon has a neat table of what the various G- and S-Cat category spends were.
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Reading
Amanda is having fun doing collaborative poems with Puffins and Autistic detectives.
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Government
A number of interesting articles yesterday on the e-Gov space: Firstly in Whitehall technology spend to rise, Kable predicts a £.6bn rise in spending in 2007/08. Leeds is using technology to meet its e-Government targets (which should all be about better service, not...
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Reading
Hyperion is a funky moon of Saturn with a fantastic “spongy” feel.Hyperion \”Sponge\” MoonHow on earth did it get that way? Well, it wasn’t on earth, for a start.
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Reading
Even though we’ve had the same cleaner for years, we pay a little extra each year for a service that a) gets good cleaners with references (Ashley came from there) and b) provides replacements for us when Ashley’s away.This is, in general, a good thing,...
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Government
It looks like centralised procurement is working, in terms of driving down the prices of several items, and even getting savings on the cost of consultancy, although consulting fees through the framework agreements have tripled in three years. Question: is that a sign...
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Government
Birmingham Europe’s Top ‘e-City’ is the surprising headline of a piece of EU research. But good news for the UK and the local e-gov programme, I think.
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | Reading
Downloading ‘myths’ challenged discusses research that states:People who illegally share music files online are also big spenders on legal music downloads, research suggests.“No shit Sherlock” as my other half would say.
by Tom | Jul 27, 2005 | IT
Inkscape is an open source vector drawing package like Illustrator or Freehand. Definitely worth a try, as I only ever need those packages four times a year, and they cost hundreds of squid.
