Like many games players, I’ve got a pile of half-finished games. Sometimes I’ve just got bored with them, but more often I’ve just been tempted by the latest new game, and ended up getting distracted. Often I stop playing while …
Read moreWhere are my six honest serving men?
I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. – Rudyard Kipling Kipling’s six honest serving men – sometimes known as the five Ws …
Read moreWhere are the Firefox GPS add-ons?
Firefox 3.5 has been out for a few weeks now, and amongst all the exciting new features is an API for geolocation. In theory this means that a website can ask the browser where you are, and you then get …
Read moreA century of stats
This is post #101. Yes, I really managed to waffle on for a hundred posts before this one. And as anyone who’s read more than a couple of posts here will attest, I really can waffle when I want to. …
Read moreChumby: An art gallery on my desktop
I love wandering round art galleries – but I don’t really like the way most of them are organised. Most galleries take the “museum” approach of labelling and categorising. All the Old Masters are over in that wing, separated into …
Read moreWindows 7 Upgrade Madness
Currently doing the rounds on the internet is the chart of Windows 7 upgrade options. The original can be found at Walt Mossberg’s site, but the chart is also linked below. Note that “Custom Install” is a euphemism for “wipe …
Read moreApple: No longer the masters of packaging
Anyone who has purchased an Apple product in the past few years – particularly a computer, iPod or iPhone – might have noticed that they have a certain knack for packaging. The boxes are sleek and sparsely labelled. The sub-boxes …
Read moreChumby
A couple of weeks ago I bought a Chumby – I bought it secondhand, but it had all the original packaging. A Chumby is essentially a small internet-connected touchscreen and speakers. Yes, there’s more to it than that, but that’s …
Read morePutting The Album on life support
I hadn’t planned to write any more about the decline in album sales, but just when I thought I’d put the subject to bed, I stumbled across this article. The short version of this not-very-long-anyway article is that Apple has …
Read moreMuseum? “Exhibit” or “Gallery” would be more honest
A few years ago I visited the Design Museum, just down from Tower Bridge in London. It was, as you might expect, a museum dedicated to design. It dealt largely with product design, though there was some content about architectural …
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