I’ve just read U.S. shrugs off world’s address shortage which is an interesting article about how the world is running out of IP addresses and how the new IP standard IPv6 addresses(!) this problem. But the article is full of basic errors. Here’s one. IPv6 addresses are 128 bits. The resulting list of IP addresses… Continue reading Shoddy Journalism
The Power of Three
Buffy finished a few weeks ago. This leaves me with a bit of a hole in my TV viewing schedule, so I went looking for something to fill it. And (hopefully) something to also satisfy my desires for teen drama with a supernatural edge. I’d seen a couple of episodes of Charmed before, but pretty… Continue reading The Power of Three
Time
Excuse a quick rant about people who don’t understand timezones. This evening I’ve got a telephone interview with someone who will be calling me from the US. The recruitment agent told me to expect the call “at 7:30 pm”. Of course with no explicit timezone mentioned and with her and me both being in the… Continue reading Time
Political Compass
I swear that each time I take the Political Compass test I get more extreme. Currently I’m standing at Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05
Bob Hope
Whilst it’s obviously sad whenever someone dies, Bob hope is not going to be missed at all in my little corner of the world. His films have never struck me as being very entertaining, but my dislike for him increased massively when I heard about his actions at the 1970 Miss World content. Hope was… Continue reading Bob Hope
Oystercard
I used my Oystercard for the first time this morning. It’s very cool.
Dead Air
Whilst in Paris last week (and, largely, on the Eurostar back to London) I read Iain Banks new book Dead Air. I’ve been a big fan of Banks since I read The Wasp Factory soon after it came out in 1984. I’ve been a little disappointed with his last three novels, but this was a… Continue reading Dead Air
Amazon Recommendations
Usually I’m very impressed by Amazon recommendations, but today I happened to let slip that I own both of the Sugababes albums and now my music recommendations list is full of Christina Aquilera and Atomic Kitten!
Twin Peaks
I recently bought the DVD boxed set of Twin Peaks and yesterday we started to watch it. Almost fifteen years after it was made it is still absolutely fantastic. If there has ever been a better TV series then I haven’t seen it (tho’ The Prisoner comes a close second.) The only downside is that… Continue reading Twin Peaks
Paris
I’m off to Paris in a few hours. I’ll be speaking at YAPC::Europe[1] on Friday. Haven’t been to Paris for fifteen years. I hope I get a chance to get out and about and see stuff. I particularly want to find the time to get to Pere Lachaise. [1] For those that don’t know, YAPC… Continue reading Paris