by Tom | May 30, 2005 | Reading
An astonishing photo essay showing boosters crashing in Kazakhstan. And the people collecting them.Kazakh rocket booster
by Tom | May 29, 2005 | Science
Lovely shot of part of the Himalayan range from space (from the International Space Station, in fact).forblog/himalaya_iss1_bigMore spectacular than my shots of the mid-West from a plane.newmexico2005/IMG_1083
by Tom | May 29, 2005 | Reading
Don Norman steps out In Defense of PowerPoint. He makes the valid point: PowerPoint is a tool, not the reason for things happening. So PowerPoint didn’t destroy the shuttle – humans did that. However, I like the idea of more creatively using PowerPoint as...
by Tom | May 29, 2005 | Personal
Tixall Lodge Gatehouse is a Landmark Trust property which we’re going to in a couple of weeks. It looks fun. Some more fun things to do.
by Tom | May 27, 2005 | Government
A written question about e-government related in Hansard. One of the few mentions that e-gov gets.
by Tom | May 27, 2005 | Science
New Scientist has 11 steps to a better brain that appears to involve chewing gum.
by Tom | May 27, 2005 | Reading
William Heath has done the digging around to find the evidence that biometrics won’t work for a UK ID card (drawn from research submitted as part of the bill being resubmitted this week). This has been known for a long time, but maybe someone will shout about it...
by Tom | May 27, 2005 | IT
Flexfind is a (new to me) find tool for Excel that gets over the 1024 character limit, and also searches within charts, etc.
by Tom | May 27, 2005 | Reading
Lovely continuation of the Orange “pitch” ads with Darth Vader being seen off.
by Tom | May 27, 2005 | Personal
You wouldn’t have thought that a game that uses only the left mouse button could be a) difficult and b) reasonably compelling. Here’s a version of SFCavethat meets the bill.
