-
Time wasting
·
1–2 minutes·
No comments on Time wastingTouch TV moves closer – is any further information required to conclude that MIT Media Lab Dublin is a time and money wasting operation of the highest calibre?
-
Talking
It’s seems like I’m not the only one who’s having problems talking lately. Not talking in general, but talking about emotive issues (i.e. the war, politics, etc.) Normally I’m perfectly happy to be contrary and debate with people, but I just find it much more difficult these days. It’s not simply that it requires more…
-
MP blog
Tom Watson (Labour MP) may be under the scrutiny of the web for his patently joking Teens Page but I’m more impressed by the fact that he actually has a weblog. Not just that, but it’s regularly updated, written by himself, and runs Movable Type. Even better, it isn’t a constant litany of propaganda. How…
-
Roboto!
Japanese scientists want to make robots part of the family – ‘Nuff said, really.
-
Madness!
The German Family Affairs Ministry has blacklisted EA’s new game Command & Conquer: Generals because it “portrays war as the only way to resolve conflicts,” and that “it gives military force an aesthetic appeal.” When I first heard about C&C: Generals, I have to admit that I was a bit surprised at its premise of…
-
The Murder Game
The BBC Digital are airing a new eight-part series this Saturday called The Murder Game. In it, ten contestants try to solve a murder investigation in the fictional village of Blackwater. It seems that the level of interactivity with the public (mostly online) will be pretty low, considering that we aren’t eligible for the £25,000…
-
Stirring
We will not fly our flags in their country – a stirring speech given by a British army commander to his troops on the eve of war.
-
Mozilla Mail woes
I’ve just spent some time trying to migrate over to Mozilla Mail. I failed miserably. Let me explain why. Firstly, I fired up Mozilla Mail; no problem. Then I told it to import my Outlook Express addressbook. Also, no problem. I was pretty optimistic at this point. Next, I told it to import my Outlook…
-
Speed
Yesterday I had an interesting debate about whether science is suffering from diminishing returns these days; i.e. that it costs more than it used to to get answers. On the face of it, this seems true; we spend billions on particle accelerators, space telescopes and medical research programmes. We never spent that amount of money…
-
The future of libraries
Idea Stores – apparently these are the libraries of the future in the UK, doing more than just lending out books. Sounds like an interesting idea although I will withhold judgement for now.