Horros, horrors, horrors…
This frightening Guardian article on the horrors of software patents gets bonus points for its references to the wonderful Les Miserables, and for the use of the word bollixing (which […]
Frogs
Hurrah! Doing a little light weeding as the evening became cooler I disturbed a frog. This is the first time I’ve met one outside of the pond, the first one […]
The Parting Of The Ways
Wow [spoilers].
Brighton’s Free Hotspots and New “Metranet”
Yesterday’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 […]
Who is Bad Wolf?
Two days until we know. Apparently the net is awash with conspiracy theories. The Guardian believes it is an Egyptian wolf named Anubis although it could be Rose or Christopher […]
Wine
To a wine tasting after work with a wine buff colleague, generously sharing his obsession. Among the reds, the Wild Pig was justly popular, and not just for the name, […]
WordPress Dashboard Widget
I’m in nerd heaven! I’ve found a widget for OS X Tiger’s dashboard for posting to a WordPress blog (like this one).
Much as I too love Safari RSS…
…Macworld makes me feel like a wimp for not having NetNewsWire.
Update Frequency for RSS in Safari
Since the single biggest discovery through Tiger has, for me, been RSS feeds (which, admittedly have been around for a while) I wondered if you could refresh the feeds, so […]
Free BBC Beethoven Podcast
An 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 […]
RSS Visualiser
Although I haven’t even tackled the big new things in Tiger (smart folders, automator etc.) I keep making happy accidental new discoveries. Like this beautiful screensaver, which renders a three […]
Guardian Unlimited | Online | Dissing the discmen
Probably the most intelligent thing I’ve read on the whole music dowloading/piracy thing and the industry response is this article by Victor Keegan.