Profound quote of the day
Beyond its entertainment value, Baywatch has enriched and, in many cases, helped save lives. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has has such a significance for so...
View ArticleData by the truck load
I came across this small quote on the BBC website today and wondered if they had thought about what they had written. The amount of data currently downloaded from the site every month, the centre says,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday
This week is the 21st birthday of the IBM 5150 also called the IBM PC. I know it wasn’t the first personnal computer, there are quite a few contenders for that title, but it was the first computer to...
View ArticleMy favourite music
The other night around Perry’s house after a few cans of beer and the usual chit chat I said that I was thinking of making a “my favourite music CD”. Perry is always trying to get me to post things on...
View ArticleShuttle Launch Web Cam
NASA have attached a web cam to the shuttle’s external fuel tank and will be transmitting during the launch on the 2nd of October. There is a link on this page that takes you to NASA television. Flight...
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You thought you were paranoid?
It’s healthy to have a small amount of paranoia, but these guys have more than their fair share. Regrettably they no longer produce material but that said there is still nine years worth of the...
View ArticleSecond day of remembrance (2)
On this day in 1986 Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnick, Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Greg Jarvis, & Christa McAuliffe lost their lives in the Challenger space shuttle (STS 51-L). Look...
View ArticleCut the Bull S**t
Do you want some software that is: A value-added, leverageable global knowledge repository. or… Repurposeable, leading edge thoughtware that delivers results-driven value. Then go to Bullfighter where...
View ArticleI love free markets
The Pentagon funded research agency DARPA are launching something called the Policy Analysis Market (PAM) which is in its own words… A Market in the Futures of the Middle East.. and will provide…...
View ArticleData by the truck load (2)
About a year ago I posted this wondering how much data there was in a truck. Dai Davies, director of Dante, has answered my question (via the BBC) Before now the highest data transfer speed was...
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Weekend of Rock
Not only am I trying to cope with the steady flow of work related parties that have started to appear in my diary in the run up to Christmas, but I agreed to go out on Friday with Andrew Dodge to the...
View ArticleA BBC mention
We have a mention on the BBC web site in their weblog watch quoting this. What ever next?
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