UK not so bad after all?

According to the EIU we’re the second most e-ready country. That’s got to be good news. I think all my blogging friends are the reason.

Credit cards could offer key to e-government authentication

So is it to be verified credit cards not the Gateway? Difficult to tell right now – certainly the user journey for the gateway is pretty poor and needs some help. But I’m not sure government would be happy taking on the fraud rate that there is for credit...

Vischeck: VischeckURL

Vischeck allows you to see the online world through red-green colour blind eyes. Very interesting, and confirms the slightly “sepia” look to the world that people like Mark Adamson have talked about.

The Bright Stuff

The Observer | Review | The Bright Stuff is the Observer’s attempt to list the thirtysomethings who will be ruling our world. a) shoot the leader writer and b) can we have a recap of how close their last attempt was?

Evil Bible Home Page

Evil Bible is very, very amusing, especially Retard of the Month. Summary: it’s trying to show that the Bible isn’t particularly consistent or very nice.

Skype dials real phone numbers

El Reg "outs" Skype’s beta functionality wihch allows it to phone to a landline. Very nice indeed. This could be the end of the beginning of the end of phone companies as we know them. Provision of IP packets to the home or workplace must become...

21 Rules of Thumb – How Microsoft develops its Software

21 Rules of Thumb – How Microsoft develops its Software is an insight into the seemingly soulless way in which MS approaches code delivery. I was shure they had more fun than this. then again, whenever I have to program, it most certainly isn’t fun.