I’ve got a beta membership of Tape It Off The Internet – a new site that aims to make it easier to find episodes of your favourite programmes on the internet. I have a few invitations, so if you’re interested in trrying it out then let me know and I’ll send you one.
Category: tech
Christmas Party
I don’t really go in for christmas. I particularly don’t go in for christmas parties. But news reaches me of a party that I’d love to go to. The BBC Backstage Project are organising a christmas party in conjunction with all of the London geek groups that they can track down. It’s going to be… Continue reading Christmas Party
New Browsers
Last night I downloaded and installed two new browsers. Firstly I booted my laptop into Windows for the first time for months (it’s the only computer in the house that has Windows installed) and installed IE7. First reactions? A big “so what?” It’s (obviously) a vast improvement on IE6, but I can’t see anything that… Continue reading New Browsers
Flash on Linux
This probably isn’t big news for many of you (particularly as it came on the same day that IE7 was officially released) but Adobe have released a new beta version of Flash 9 and it includes support for Linux. Previously, the latest version of Flash available for Linux was version 7. This was fine for… Continue reading Flash on Linux
Sexism in IT
So overnight I was planning another entry that would explain further why I don’t think that “tequila slammer girls” are appropriate entertainment for a professional software conference. But this morning I read this and this. Pointing out the offence in what Russ Michaels is doing is one thing, but submitting his web server to denial… Continue reading Sexism in IT
Gmail and Bloglines
If you use Bloglines to read your Gmail account (or if you’re considering doing that), then you need to read Martin’s piece about what he found out over the weekend. RSS can be a great way to get access to a lot of useful information very conveniently. But you need to ensure that you’re not… Continue reading Gmail and Bloglines
Speak Slowly and be Loud Enough
I’ve just found this write-up of day one of the recent YAPC::Europe conference. It was written by someone who spent that afternoon in my Advanced Databases for Beginners talk. It sounds like he found the talk useful, but I particularly liked this line. Dave speaks indeed slowly and he’s loud enough I’d like to use… Continue reading Speak Slowly and be Loud Enough
MOO Minicards
MOO is a new company set up by a number of well-known faces from the UK new media scene. Their plan is apparently to create real-world products based on stuff that you find on the web. If that sounds a bit abstract, here’s a good example. The only things they are selling currently are MiniCards.… Continue reading MOO Minicards
That Ruby & Rails Buzz
According to Piers: the buzz about Ruby and Rails is the sound of “a bunch of Java programmers finally discovering how cool Perl is.” Which sounds about right to me :-)
Advanced Databases for Beginners
I have a new three hour tutorial called Advanced Databases for Beginners. There were two main reasons why I thought it would be useful to write it. I keep coming across databases that were designed by “professionals” who obviously have no idea about good database design practices I keep reading articles by the authors of… Continue reading Advanced Databases for Beginners