by Tom | Feb 29, 2004 | IT
yahoo! vs. google: tom raggett shows how the two searches compare. A very neat idea.
by Tom | Feb 25, 2004 | Government
My project made a side entry in the Guardian! Hurrah!
by Tom | Feb 25, 2004 | IT
Two interesting releases: another free PDF creator (I could never get into using PDFs properly because of the vast licensing costs) and a system info tool.
by Tom | Feb 25, 2004 | IT
by Tom | Feb 24, 2004 | Reading
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational has once again asked readersto take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting,or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are thisyear’s winners:Bozone (n.): The substance...
by Tom | Feb 23, 2004 | Science
How to care for CDs for real. Interesting that we shouldn’t reposition labels given that the writing layer is only slightly below the label side of the disk.
by Tom | Feb 23, 2004 | Reading
We have to do something about chewing gum. It’s not just because I’ve never really got into chewing, its the gazillion pieces of trodden in gum that are on pretty well every street in central London. Look at the fan patterns outside any tube to see which...
by Tom | Feb 23, 2004 | Science
A new chemical culprit can make wine taste musty. It’s related to cork taint and comes from bacterial munching on a flame retardant used in cellars. Now that could explain why so many bottles are returned for taint than actually have it.
by Tom | Feb 23, 2004 | General
Alan Mather makes the valid point that we need some form of centralisation of government IT infrastructure (it will be cheaper and more efficient, right?). Maybe LAWs is helping in some way with this.He also mentions theThe Visual Thesaurus which is beautiful. To...
by Tom | Feb 22, 2004 | Business
Nice idea for a business: free conference calling based on a cut from the phone calls into the facility.
