I’m not as bothered by spoilers as many people that I know. I don’t turn over quickly to avoid the “coming next week” clips at the end of TV programmes. But I do think that the Doctor Who spoilers that have been all over my usual newsfeeds this morning are taking things a bit too… Continue reading Spoilers
Author: Dave Cross
More Password Stupidity
I’ve just found two more web companies that don’t know how to handle passwords. And one of them was a company who I had a lot of respect for. Fotango are closing down their photo service. So that their users weren’t left stranded by this, they set up a deal with Photobox whereby Fotango customers… Continue reading More Password Stupidity
World Cup
There seems to be some kind of football competition going on… Ok. I’m determined not to spend the next month complaining about the World Cup. I’m going to do my best to just ignore whenever possible. And this is actually going to be a positive post about the World Cup. You see, it all looks… Continue reading World Cup
Simple Pleasures
Over the last few weeks we’ve been gardening. Well, when I say “gardening”, I mean “razing to ground and rebuilding from scratch”. Some of you will realise that the outdoors is not my natural habitat and manual labour is not my first choice of ways to spend the weekend. However, it had to be done… Continue reading Simple Pleasures
UK Music Fans Can Copy Own Tracks
Whilst I’m on a digital music roll, it’s worth also mentioning that the BPI chairman, Peter Jamieson, has said that the BPI won’t press for prosecution of users who make digital copies for use on portable players of music that they own. The BBC report is here and the BPI’s version is here. Jamieson was… Continue reading UK Music Fans Can Copy Own Tracks
Flickr Spam
I got my first Flickr spam today. It was some religious nutter telling me all about their imaginary friend. The account that it came from has no photos, no contacts and no information in the profile. I’ve blocked the user, but I know they’ll just create new accounts. I really hope that Flickr stamp on… Continue reading Flickr Spam
Karma Download RIP
Whilst most of the attention is on the BPI’s attack on All Of MP3, another MP3 download site quietly died yesterday. Karma Download is currently showing a page which says that it’s “temporarily suspended”, but I hear that it’s very unlikely to return. That’s a real shame. Like All Of MP3, Karma Download sold its… Continue reading Karma Download RIP
Frantic Downloading
Oops. Looks like the BPI has started taking an interest in AllOfMP3. Better spend all the credit in my account as soon as possible.
Patrick Henry College
Last night I watched God’s Next Army a Channel 4 programme about Patrick Henry College. PHC is a christian evangelist college which takes largely home-schooled teenagers from religious communities and turns them into people who they believe will be at the forefront of the fight to “re-christianise” the USA. It was all very worrying. These… Continue reading Patrick Henry College
Talking to GLLUG
The nice people at GLLUG (the Greater London Linux User Group) have invited me to speak at their meeting on July 24th. I’ll be giving a slightly revised version of the “What’s Wrong with ORM” talk that I gave to london.pm in March. The meeting is free and there are a couple of other (far… Continue reading Talking to GLLUG