FTP connection delay

I had some problems with the new hosting service in that there was a 30s delay when I connected by FTP before getting a file listing. Some help from Adiungo and some googling unearthed the fact that there are three places where various services might try to do a kind...

SOA and e-Government

A Service Oriented Approach to e-Government Architecture is an interesting paper about loosely coupled service architectures in government.

Is e-voting safe

PCWorld.com – Is E-Voting Safe?. We must be able to fix e-voting. I mean really!

Nice summary of Google’s IPO

John Battelle gives a nice summary of the Google IPO, focusing on the letter from the founders. I can see Wall Street running a mile from this kind of thing – there’s plenty of cash elsewhere in the private sector, and there won’t be a tech-related...

Priority Services

The long-awaited Priority Services Paper is out. Not as many changes as I’d expected / hoped from the consultation. However, this is the e-Government agenda in the UK for the next 20 months, so off we go!

Gigablast search

Gigablast looks like a reasonable new search engine with highlights from Google and others (such as categorisation, suggestion of related searches, spell checking).

New blog system

Burningbird has moved away from Movable Type to WordPress. This is at the back of my mind as well. Roll on some time to do it!

eInk eBooks on their way

Sony’s Electronic Paper eBook Bound For Greatness says Gizmodo. I doubt it – the first to market is never normally the category killer. However, I’m looking forward to the general availability of light, usable, high definition ePaper.

El Niña forecast?

Model may give two-year warning of El Niña. It would be fantastic if this were true – a staggering effect on world poverty and potential response to environmental changes.