Words not in the dictionary

A frankly disappoinging look at words that aren’t in Merriam-Webster Online. Woot is the only one that I have seen in common use (among geeks).

Knowledge vs best practice

An interesting matrix relating tacit vs explicit knowlege to individual or group production of such.Knowledge matrixThe chart comes from a 1999 talk that is available online (how’s that for no link rot!)

The consequences of love

Went to see The Consequences of Love, a slightly arthouse Italian film in our slightly arthouse local cinoche. The film was great, except for the unexpectedly overblown ending. The film is beautifully constructed, both in terms of photography but also content –...

Tax freedom day

It’s tax freedom day. We’re now working for ourselves, not Gordon. Hurrah!

Trebuchet at Warwick Castle

Great news – they’re building a giant trebuchet with a 300m range to operate daily in Warwick Castle. Time to plan a visit, I think.

Thinking and Paper

Useful hints on Thinking and Paper to sucessfully run a paper-only task management strategy. Scroll down to see the details.

Password generator

Excellent idea: Password generator lets you use one master password and then generate related but unbreakable passwords for other sites. Neato.[Update] there appears to be the mother of all versions available. There’s no reason not to use this (unless...