I was recently in conversation with Ellee Seymour who is very keen on a Microsoft tool for blogging which makes her life easier.
I’m currently running Ubuntu Linux and came across an alternative: Performancing for Firefox. It is installed as a Firefox extension and creates some new context items when you right click on a page. […]
I’ve just finished reading an article in Newsforge called
Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications.
Ideally, a business is best served by open source software. It allows for complete freedom. However, there are not open source applications that meet every business need or offer the levels of support that businesses require.
One lesson that should be […]
I’m currently rewriting a weblog for Robert Buckland, the Conservative PPC for South Swindon. I’m switching him from Typepad to Wordpress and hosting it myself. This is partly for cost reasons, but also for flexibility, that there are extensions that I can hand-roll.
Converting wasn’t too difficult. Typepad allows for export to a file (as a […]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1858773,00.html
Cheerleaders for the idea of the wisdom of crowds should be dragged by force to their local multiplex this weekend and forced to sit through the terrifyingly awful Snakes on a Plane.
Isn’t that, like, the whole idea of Snakes on a Plane? That you’re getting a cliche-ridden B-movie in the style of 80’s horror flicks […]
I’ve just read Steve Pavlina’s Ten Reasons You Should Never Get A Job. Here’s my thoughts:-
1. Income for Dummies
Smart people build systems that generate income 24/7, especially passive income. This can include starting a business, building a web site, becoming an investor, or generating royalty income from creative work.
Easy, if the job you are in involves […]
From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5277350.stm
"Ms Flint will be working across all government departments to develop a new fitness strategy for England. "
How about lowering VAT on gym memberships to 5%. More people go to gyms and get fitter, saving money on the NHS. Sounds like a win to me.
While she’s at it, she could suggest to Lord Falcolner, […]
1. Open source. The language changes will happen incrementally, not because a company changes direction. Open source languages are led based on engineering needs, not marketing ones. If someone gets it wrong, it gets forked.
2. Elegant. When I first came across the indentation in the Python language, I thought it was restrictive. But it’s part […]
On Google Video, the whole of Milton Friedman’s TV series "Free to Choose".
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For anyone who hates the 4×4/SUV/Chelsea Tractor, it’s worth reading Janice Turner’s piece from a few weeks ago about how the "ban the SUV" campaign makes no sense from any rational sense. The hatred out there is about something other than environmental issues.
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Ad for a friend. No kickback to me (except a few beers).
A friend of mine in Oxford is looking for work doing sysadmin-type stuff.
He can do server admin on Linux and Windows as well as Exchange, Active Directory, DNS, and all that. He’s up to MCSE.
He’s looking to work in Oxford, Reading or London.
Send me […]
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