Archive for January 2006
Password Protected 31 Jan 2006
It seems that online security will take another turn for worst this year (unless Microsoft’s new Windows Vista OS has taken security to a whole new level, which I doubt), with criminals finding even more scams and loopholes with which to try and part us from our money. Generally speaking all the scaremongering is hot [...]
Meet Ryan Correy 27 Jan 2006
You may remember me writing about Ryan Correy‘s attempt at the world record for cycling the Pan-American Highway. Not only did Ryan complete the 25,000 km journey, he managed it in a world record 131 days (yet to be officially recognised). Well done him. Anyway, as a sponsor, Ryan sent me an email recently to [...]
Interesting Reading 23 Jan 2006
Kottke went on holiday before Christmas (how dare he) so his usual selection of interesting links turned to thoughts and photos of his vacation locations. Now he’s back and firing on all cylinders and I was surprised to note I’d forgotten how much I missed his trawling of the internet backwaters to find interesting news [...]
Search Records 21 Jan 2006
I’ve just finished watching The Money Programme episode titled ‘The World According to Google.’ I watched it online, as part of a trial the BBC is running, great idea (UK only I think). One of the topics covered was that Google log every search and service use to each IP address and store them. Google [...]
The Last of the Planet Namers 17 Jan 2006
This is what I love, finding out these strange little tidbits of information that usually slip you by, but are fairly awesome. The planet Pluto has been in the news a fair bit lately, mainly because NASA aims to send a mission out there sometime next week (New Horizons is no ordinary mission either, with [...]
Get Real on Climate Change 14 Jan 2006
I generally think that most governments haven’t got a firm grip on reality, the Bush administration more than most, but I read something today that takes the biscuit. Regarding the issue of climate change, US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said: “I believe that the people who run the private sector, who run these companies – [...]
From Topfield to DVD 8 Jan 2006
A while back I bought a Topfield TF5800 PVR to allow me to watch and record Freeview digital TV channels. I’ve been very impressed with it, the picture quality on digital TV, and the Topfield in general, is excellent, the dual tuners very handy and it’s very easy to use. One of the things that [...]
Help Wikipedia 5 Jan 2006
Wikipedia are appealing for more financial help. If, like me, you find the site invaluable, please head over and splash some cash, it doen’t have to be much, as they say on the telly, every little helps. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Whales probably puts it best: Wikipedia is based on a very radical idea, the realization [...]
Cheap Books, Free Postage 2 Jan 2006
In an effort to try and clear some space for my new books (I could have tried to make it sound like I was being very generous, but I’d be lying) I’m trying to help grease the wheels for anyone willing to buy my old books, as such, for the month of January, I’m offering [...]
In My Reading List 1 Jan 2006
The following books are already in my pile to be read (in no particular order). Feel free to suggest others. Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obession Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Popular Culture Is Making Us Smarter The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Write [...]