Archive for January 2008
Open Hardware 14 Jan 2008
I’m a bit late to the party (as this has been out a while), but I caught an article on the New York Times yesterday about the Neuros OSD. It’s a piece of hardware for ripping media and saving it in MP4 format. The news is that the manufacturer has made it ‘open’ and encourages [...]
The Move to Vista 12 Jan 2008
I meant to write this when Leopard was released, especially in light of the fact that Apple users were, for the first time it seems, experiencing beta software with the launch of Leopard. Welcome to Windows World. I whinged about how bad I found Tiger in a previous post so it’s probably not surprising to [...]
Travel Guides 10 Jan 2008
This article about the old and new Baedekers travel guides has some great quotes, ranging from the ludicrous: Readers were often advised to take full evening dress, a pith helmet and a medicine chest as well as a large number of suits and dresses. To the insulting: Travellers a century ago were also advised how [...]
Rip-Off Britain, Again 8 Jan 2008
A few years ago there was a big furore because they found that in the UK we were overpaying for cars. Not just imported cars, even those we produced. I remember they looked at an MG-F sports car, which you could buy new and import from Japan cheaper than you could going to your local [...]