by Tom | Jan 28, 2005 | Government
Local government in the UK is getting a 6.3% rise in grant from the ODPM this year. How does this relate to Gershon savings of 2.5% per year?
by Tom | Jan 28, 2005 | Government
A negative view on e-Government. I think we’re starting to see the strategic shift that the author asks for, but slowly. The ODPM’s local e-gov programme is stressing that the service improvement benefits are only one part of the equation – councils...
by Tom | Jan 27, 2005 | Reading
Some new stats show that identity theft and bank theft are worse offline than online (both in terms of number of incidents and scale of losses). So the internet may not be secure, but it’s definitely no worse than normal life.
by Tom | Jan 27, 2005 | Reading
Amazon / A9 has launched a see everything on the block in pictures service. Nice.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2005 | Business
Useful collection of business cases.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2005 | Reading
Is it just me or is the EU referendum question a bad one?Should the United Kingdom approve the treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union?Then again, maybe the point is this: most people reading the question will go "why should I care?". This...
by Tom | Jan 26, 2005 | Personal
Nice how-to setting out the various pieces you need to turn a Mac Mini into a media centre. It all comes in under $1000, I think, making it look pretty attractive. I’ve been wondering how to get Mac-ness into the house, and this might be the answer; couple it...
by Tom | Jan 26, 2005 | Science
Nice (PDF) document summarising the current state-of-the-art in quantum cryptography.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2005 | Science
The end of the world could be sealed in 10 years. I wonder how this relates to the Hubbert Peak? If the amount of fossil fuels available drops catastrophically, then surely the emissions must go down as well?
by Tom | Jan 25, 2005 | Government
Some interesting takes on local government modernisation from NLGN reported on and in their own words. I like the idea of a "localism test" to require Whitehall to check whether any central initiative might be better carried out locally.
