by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading, Tech
It’s a labs feature, so you have to do some fiddling to enable it, but this is a great addition. Android Google Maps takes users offline. You have to choose to download the area around a location rather than have it happen automatically, but it covers a 10km...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Classic essay: What the papers won’t say. He also has more to say about the Chipping Norton set. Thanks to Alex for the link to an interesting perspective from the US.
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Some collected readings from the last few days. China from a Russian perspective: China got special economic zones right, it learns from and adapts from experiences elsewhere in the world (the rule is to act gradually)Â The Chinese retain a strong sense of...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Tech
I can’t use Google+, not because I am not cool enough to have been invited, but because I pay Google for services (for Google Apps to run Raggett.net mail and extra storage on Picasa). This seems a little odd in terms of customer service, but that’s how...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Because there are so few reported. Woman Catches Child From 10th Floor Fall, Awarded 200k – chinaSMACK.
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Brilliant Onion. The headline does enough, but the article is also good. Unreleased Jimmy Page Guitar Riff To Be Retrieved From Secret Vault To Save Rock And Roll | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source. I also enjoyed Daily Mash’s Parents...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Tech
Some good stuff in the original post and the comments, but as usual, people should really read the post rather than jumping on their own personal bandwagons. But I guess that would be why Scott Adams blogs. Scott Adams Blog: Useful Business Web Sites...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2011 | Reading
I have changed my mind since first hearing about the Milly Dowler phone hacking. Initially, I was surprised that people were more horrified by it than they were about any of the other phone hacking revelations to date. If it is illegal, people should be prosecuted. I...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2011 | Science
Fabulous shot of a vast dust cloud – 400 times larger than the distance from the earth to the sun. If my memory serves me right, this means that a photon would take nearly an hour to cross it. APOD: 2011 June 28 – Stardust and Betelgeuse.
by Tom | Jul 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
30° and 70% humidity. As good as we’ve had here. View is from our front room.
