Paleo-Future

I remember it like it was yesterday… being put into another teachers class in front of a giant Baird television so we could watch the launch of the first space shuttle. Being told by Raymond Baxter that in no time at all, this would revolutionise space travel and we’d all be going in to space […]

MTAS Security Cockups

Who is running this? I mean… really.
First off, the MTAS system has a URL that is unsecured. I can see where someone came from with this. If no-one knows the page name, they aren’t going to get in. Of course, that loses things like login audit information and also takes a chance that someone isn’t […]

Train Times

When I’m travelling, I use my smartphone to get certain information. What’s really great is when people build sites that consider the needs of those without a lot of screen space or bandwidth. When you’re on a phone, you want it brief and to the point.
So, I’m loving Accessible Rail Times from Matthew Sommerville. This […]

Printing with Feisty

I don’t use a printer much, but need it for printing the odd document, and I also like all-in-one printers for things like copying of documents that I need.
I opted for an HP Photosmart 2575. There’s quite a lot of cheap all-in-ones, but the clincher for me was that it had an ethernet connection, which […]

Wordpress MU

Code for running multi-user blogs is freely available from Wordpress. This is the same code that runs the blogs on wordpress.com.
So, what this means is that if you are a company and want to have multiple blogs (so tom.companyname.com, dick.companyname.com and harry.companyname.com), you can do so, and they can be centrally administered (Wordpress has some […]

Wi-Fi Cautions

via the BBC…
Two people have been cautioned for using people’s wi-fi broadband internet connections without permission. Neighbours in Redditch, Worcestershire, contacted police on Saturday after seeing a man inside a car using a laptop while parked outside a house.
Apart from using someone’s property in a way that you’re not supposed to, this is just […]

Olympic Legacy

£11m Jobs Boost for Olympics
An £11m package to provide training and jobs ahead of the 2012 Olympics has been announced by London’s mayor.

New sports coaches, cooks and builders needed for the Games are expected to be trained by the 27 projects involved.

Mr Livingstone said: “The 2012 Games is a once in a generation opportunity […]

Appropriate Sporting Names

Reading the WTA tennis rankings, I found out there’s an Israeli player called Anna Smashnova.
I know there’s Alan Ball (football) and Tony Dobbin (horse racing) who also have appropriate names. Are there any others?

Google MyMaps

I’ve just tried out Google’s new MyMaps feature that’s part of Google Maps. I was trying it because my own attempts at creating a custom map were time consuming - working out the co-ordinates and then hand coding them.
MyMaps gives you a browser interface where you can plot points of interest, draw lines and all […]

Is the Next Generation Video War over?

There’s quite a lot of talk about who’s going to win the next generation video war between blu-ray and hd dvd.
The arrival of the a number of players that support multiple formats suggests a future without 1 winner. That instead of a single winner, we’ll see both formats prevail. Users are more likely, during a […]