Here’s an interesting read from the Open Rights Group about the (lack of) availability of UK films as legitimate digital downloads. The short summary version of it is that many British films are not legally available to download in the …
Read moreWhy I’ll be skipping Ubuntu 11.10
My normal desktop machine runs Ubuntu 10.10. I decided to skip 11.04 because the UI changes introduced were, quite simply, downright broken with my particular dual monitor setup. A few days ago version 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) was released, so I …
Read moreRIP Steve Jobs
Today the world lost a great man with the sad passing of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers. I’m no Apple fanboy – in fact over the past few years I’ve increasingly stopped using their products as they’ve become more …
Read moreGood News for Bletchley Park
It was great to hear today that Google are financially backing some of the restoration work taking place at Bletchley Park. It’s a site with an incredible history and is well worth a trip. Much of the commentary about it …
Read moreAn idle thought…
With all the Kinect hacks out there, why hasn’t anyone created a real-time Max Headroom implementation?
Read moreWhy Firefox’s new numbering is a problem
Mozilla recently released Firefox 5, (quietly) announcing that this represented the end of life (EOL) for Firefox 4. The problem is that Firefox 4 was released less than a two months ago. This has led to an ongoing discussion about …
Read moreExtremely Petty Thieves
We went to the new Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury last night. Despite having seats in the stalls, the throng of people at the bar led us to make our way upstairs to order our interval drinks at the circle bar …
Read moreA Great Sound for a Great Gig
Last week I saw Belle & Sebastian at The Roundhouse in London. I can honestly say that it was one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to. First of all it had the factors that all great gigs seem …
Read moreGovernment Reviewing UK Copyright Laws
It seems that there’s another review of UK copyright laws taking place. Let’s hope it leads to some actual legal reform this time. While Apple – and countless others – encourage us to rip our CDs, there’s little understanding in …
Read moreXDMCP to return to Ubuntu?
I’ve posted several articles about XDMCP in the past, and the most popular ones by far have concerned its removal from Ubuntu, and alternatives and workarounds to get the functionality back. I have to admit that I didn’t see much …
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