Interesting story in today’s Guardian about two women in Bristol who are trying to crack the secret recipe of Coca-Cola. The story includes the recipe for their current version which they reckon is pretty close. Interestingly, they’ve released their recipe under the GPL. It’s good to see the GPL moving out from its free software… Continue reading It’s (Not) The Real Thing
Day: 28 July 2006
PVR Progress
Redeye Remote Thingy My Redeye Remote Thingy arrived yesterday, less than a day after I’d ordered it. It connected up easily and doesn’t actually look as incongruous as it does in the photo. So, as a result, the HDD recorder can now change channels on the cable box. Which is all very exciting. Guide+ is… Continue reading PVR Progress
Web 2.0 Not Always Good
Yesterday’s little spat about the BBC’s weather data neatly illustrates a potential problem with the Web 2.0 “everything is an API” approach. To summarise what happened yesterday… For some months the BBC have been promising that weather feeds would be available from their Backstage project. But they’ve been involved in protracted licensing negotiations with the… Continue reading Web 2.0 Not Always Good