by Tom | Dec 21, 2004 | IT
I haven’t tried DrScheme, but it looks like a great way of starting to learn to program. Using a simple (but extensible and rich) language has to be the best way to learn, as you’re guaranteed to need to use a whole pile of languages before long. Starting...
by Tom | Dec 21, 2004 | Reading
More on privacy. An interesting thought from /. Now that US self-service postage kiosks take a picture of most transactions and that the cost of embedded cameras and storage space are plummeting, surely every interaction will be photographed in this way? It’s...
by Tom | Dec 20, 2004 | Reading
The games producers are making more money than and beating record openings vs the movie studios. Surprising then, that nearly every game is available on P2P networks and that this ‘gross piracy’ is not affecting their sales.
by Tom | Dec 20, 2004 | Reading
Useful list from the Grauniad of the best websites in various categories.
by Tom | Dec 19, 2004 | Reading
Slip a Geek Book Under the Tree sees Wired magazine find some interesting additions for any geeky shelf.
by Tom | Dec 19, 2004 | Science
Very funky picture of a hole in space caused by an absorbent cloud of material.
by Tom | Dec 18, 2004 | Reading
Off-the-Record Messaging is a way of having secure (encrypted), authenticated communications over instant messaging with no chance of retrospective compromise (cracking the conversation key doesn’t mess with previous converstations) and deniability (you can...
by Tom | Dec 18, 2004 | Reading
Nice article by a guy who built a teleprompter. A little too much effort, I think, but still fun.
by Tom | Dec 16, 2004 | Reading
PC photo printers can be as good as or better than professional printing on the high street. Not good news for Boots; great news for Kodak and Epson.
by Tom | Dec 16, 2004 | Reading
Pay without Performance has pointers to the continuing growth in inequity between company leaders and their staff. Not nice but I don’t know how one might stop this kind of thing.The most telling detail for me is the observation p98, that every single CEO in the...
