Cool, OS X version of Google, with magnifier.
News and Current Affairs, The Internet
We’re not Afraid!
July 9th 2005, 02:07pmNews and Current Affairs, Technology, The Internet
Weblogs, Reporting and the London Bombs
July 8th 2005, 11:07pmWhilst Little Storping is in the home counties, in reality I’m a little further away from London. But yesterday everyone’s attention was on the capital, and I found myself relying on news feeds (not having access to radio or television) as weblogs reacted almost instantly to the attacks. The business of reporting such events has clearly changed: with the aid of digital camera phones people via the internet can respond in a way that the press can’t: pictures and eyewitness accounts now make their way directly online. The speed, scope and immediacy of this is something even the broadcast media cannot match.
Update: OnlineBlog has picked up a report on this in the Wall Street Journal.
Update: “Weblogs Prove Their Worth” in the Guardian.
The Internet
Brighton’s Free Hotspots and New “Metranet”
June 17th 2005, 06:06pmYesterday’s Guardian carries a somewhat confused description of Brighton’s new WiMax Metranet.
Whilst Brightonians currently are no more than 10 minutes from a free WiFi hotspot thanks to access points provided by Loose Connection (which I believe is also run by Metranet) and Pier to Pier, the new network which provides blanket coverage for 90% of the city is a separate venture. It uses not WiFi but the unratified 802.16e WiMax standard. This has greater range (the longest link at 7.5km provides 24mbs) and doesn’t require lines of sight. The main access point is on Sussex Heights, with another at the University.
The network is a joint venture between the council and the universities, and using the additional security provided by WiMax two virtual networks support the council’s intranet and a link to JANET. Some seven schools and three university sites are connected, but with the foundations laid many more could be added, as well as extra free WiFi hotspots for Brighton’s citizens. What a pity I don’t live there…
Macintosh, The Internet
Much as I too love Safari RSS…
June 14th 2005, 09:06pmThe Internet
Free BBC Beethoven Podcast
June 13th 2005, 08:06amAn alert that BBC Radio 3 are making their Beethoven Symphonies (they’re doing all of them in June) available as MP3s. Syphonies 1 & 3 only available until the end of today!
The Internet
Guardian Unlimited | Online | Dissing the discmen
June 12th 2005, 08:06pmProbably the most intelligent thing I’ve read on the whole music dowloading/piracy thing and the industry response is this article by Victor Keegan.
