I took a week off to go to Birmingham and when I got back to the office I found that vox.com had been added to the list of sites blocked by my current client’s corporate firewall. So someone somewhere in the organisation has decided that vox.com is a nasty timewasting site (like myspace) and not… Continue reading Vox Blocked
Category: tech
smok0.com
Mike has emailed me to point out smok0.com which shows the top news stories from a number of different news outlets. Apparently he’s making use of the OPML files from my newsfeeds page. Nice to know some of my stuff is useful.
Bad Start To The Day
I’m not sure at what time of the night the fire alarm decided that its battery was too low and that it should really start beeping once a minute to remind us to change it. I do know that it was at 5:45am when the noise finally disturbed me enough that I woke up and… Continue reading Bad Start To The Day
Light Bloggage
I’ve just realised that it’s two weeks today that I go off to this year’s YAPC::Europe and I still have two talks to write – one of which is a three hour tutorial. So don’t expect much writing from me over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be far too busy working on other things.… Continue reading Light Bloggage
del.icio.us Goodies
I’m probably being very slow here, but I’ve recently discovered three useful tools that del.icio.us gives you. Your network – allows you to monitor the bookmarks of any users you want. You can also see which users are monitoring your bookmarks. Your inbox – gives you a list of all bookmarks that are published with… Continue reading del.icio.us Goodies
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
New Toy
JVC DR MH300 Last night I bought myself a new toy. It’s a JVC DR MH300 DVD recorder with hard disk. So finally we’ve dragged ourselves into the digital era and can stop recording TV programs on videotape. It was easy enough to get it set up with my TV and cable box and I… Continue reading New Toy
Don’t Need A Weathervane
…to see which way the wind blows. The British are, of course, traditionally obsessed with the weather. One of my earliest memories is of the barometer in my Gran’s house. It had all sorts of dials and metres on it and reading it generally seemed to involve tapping it a lot and then guessing. Apparently… Continue reading Don’t Need A Weathervane
Personal Planet
I’ve been thinking about the kinds of things that I can do with Plagger and I’ve realised that it can solve a problem that isn’t really much of a problem at the moment but that can only get worse. I write in a number of places. Only this morning, I started a Vox blog. I’ve… Continue reading Personal Planet