A week or so ago, the BBC made a documentary about how some supermarket branches had staff who were doing things like trying to deliberately extend the shelf life of food for sale. Not only did they show the documentary, but it was trailed on BBC breakfast and BBC news outlets.
So, I was a little […]
From the Daily Mail
This week, Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow brings his mixture of menace and mockery back to the big screen in Pirates Of The Caribbean 3. But the real pirate he is based on would have eaten the skittish Jack Sparrow for breakfast and spat out his bones into the deep […]
I caught a BBC report about how U2 songs are now being used in Eucharist services. The congregation were singing Pride (in the Name of Love) from their album The Unforgettable Fire.
Yet it is specifically a song about not Jesus, but Martin Luther King. I was into U2, and the face on the back of […]
Archer’s Brewery in Administration
Archers, the Swindon-based brewer, has gone into administration after “running into cash flow problems”.
I hope this all works out. If you’ve never tried Archers beers, they’re excellent, with a reputation amongst beer folk.
In my opinion, the finest beer in the range is Golden, a hoppy, light coloured beer that is wonderful […]
I’m not particularly wed to a particular software development strategy. I’ve used Microsoft .net technologies, COBOL/IDMS mainframe, PHP, Wordpress and so forth. I use what I think is the best tool for the job.
For most of my work, I use asp.net/c#/sql server. If you are building things for the web that are more "application" than […]
It’s interesting to read this defence of homeopathy.
" Recent research carried out at the hospital includes a clinical trial of acupuncture, showing it to be effective, and cost-effective, for chronic headache, and a trial of Gingko for dementia."
I haven’t read the evidence, but it’s quite possible. There’s a certain remedy that used to come […]
Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has been saying some rather odd things about Intel’s rival, the Classmate. I’m reaching the conclusion that as a project, it’s doomed to the same technological pool as GNU Hurd
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…Call Robo-Nurse
Scientists have been developing robots to treat patients and ease staff shortages. This week ministers will announce plans to develop robotic "medical assistants". In trials, robots that check patients’ ID tags and give them their drugs have cut down dispensing errors. Experts believe they could soon be taking patients’ temperatures, helping to clean and […]
I can’t really use the stats on this site as a barometer because of how much I post on subjects like Ubuntu, which drives me to having something like 56% traffic from Firefox (and 25% from Linux).
However, what is interesting is how much of the Internet Explorer traffic is still from IE6. It’s about 60% […]
Microsoft Claims that Software Like Linux Violates its Patents
Revealing the precise figure for the first time, they state that FOSS infringes on no fewer than 235 Microsoft patents.
Microsoft:"This is not a case of some accidental, unknowing infringement," Gutierrez asserts. "There is an overwhelming number of patents being infringed."
Now, it seems to me that the […]
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