The current Facebook hoax

Best summary of the current Facebook copyright hoax I’ve seen before. My précis: “You can’t unilaterally change a contract after agreeing to it”.

A great Larry Hagman story. I love the whistling Sunday…

A great Larry Hagman story. I love the whistling Sunday. Something to do at work on occasion? #totrblog My Larry Hagman Story | News From ME Here is my Larry Hagman story. Get comfy. This will take a while. The year is 1980 and I am the Head Writer on Pink Lady, an...

Friday humour. What a great surname. #totrblog

Friday humour. What a great surname. #totrblog Butkevicius approved as Lithuanian premier Lithuania’s parliament approved Algirdas Butkevicius as prime minister on Thursday, giving the Social Democrat leader 15 days to present a Cabinet and policy program for...

100 km/h in a sailboat?

Sailboat cracks 100 km/h for first time. That looks like a lot of fun, and what a crazy-looking craft.
How can Google maps be so good?

How can Google maps be so good?

Wow. Nokia HERE (I hate weird caps) is rubbish. There is a Lego display in Times Square right now, but no swimming pool. And it is lucky for you if you have a smattering of not-quite-yutping that you can see the Causeway Bay MTR station (Tung Lo Wan Zaam), although it...
Bionic mannequins spy on shoppers

Bionic mannequins spy on shoppers

On reflection, the only surprising thing about this article is that retail “spying” hasn’t been a bigger issue before now. After all, if casinos can use face-detection technology (I’m assuming the veracity of Ocean’s 11 and Las Vegas, of...

McK on social intelligence

I agree that the new and changed sources of information means that getting intelligence from social media is new required line of investigation for companies. I wonder how much it actually changes historical ways of sourcing and analysing data? McK talks to a...
Making cents of streaming music

Making cents of streaming music

Making Cents is a very sad article setting out quite how minimal the payments to artists can be from streaming music services. It’s a shame that these services are our preferred option for accessing music, because I’d like to reward the musicians if...