Passengers to start getting fingerprinted at Heathrow
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Consumer issues, Rants | No Comments »In another life I was an information security tutor. Security is such a fascinating topic, both to teach and learn. I can't get enough of it, and routinely end up taking part in security decisions at my company, ...
People you gradually lose respect for
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Site recommendations | No Comments »Miles sent me a link to Violent Acres a while ago. At first I identified with the no-nonsense, down-to-brass-tacks approach to people and problems, but then I read some more narrow-minded posts such as how it is a necessity ...
Valleywag post of the day – the many faces of Ballmer
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Tech issues | No Comments »Dance, monkey boy, dance. Ahem. Steve Ballmer has got to be one of my favourite CEOs - and Valleywag has posted the "Top Ten Ballmer Goes Nuts" videos. My favourite is this one right here (a classic to be sure). [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc]
Virgin America
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Consumer issues | No Comments »As a frequent reader of BoingBoing I was sold on their glowing recommendation of Virgin America. I later discovered business relations existed, but it did sound pretty cool. So based on said recommendation I purchased tickets to fly ...
Bay Area Gossip
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Bay Area | 1 Comment »Valleywag has become one of my new guilty pleasures. While I can't but help laugh at the hapless participants, I do feel twinges of sympathy for them as well. Whether it's Jimmy Wales meeting and breaking up with his girlfriend ...
Steve Job’s cancer went unreported for 9 months
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Rants | No Comments »Why? Because he was busy trying new age garbage to try and treat it. Guess how that worked out for him. It turns out that doctors found the the tumor in October of 2003 during a routine scan. While ...
3D visualisations with Excel
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »This is not an Easter egg - these are filled in cells being dynamically updated within Excel. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vypETZbkU94]
Beer beer beer beer beer!
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »Anyone who knows me knows I am a massive beer fan. 2 years ago I organised a trip around Belgium for my friends and myself. We ended up visiting several different monasteries around the country, and ...
Fighting for consumer rights
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Consumer issues | 1 Comment »I'm a big fan of The Consumerist (although sometimes the commenters are somewhat rabidly against the consumer - what on Earth are they doing at a site called The Consumerist?), but seeing as they didn't post my great experience with ...
Sand won’t save you this time.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Miscellaneous | No Comments »No, it certainly won't. Holy crap that is some scary stuff. Ever felt like burning a bucket of sand? Just get yourself some chlorine trifluoride. Asbestos contaminating your house? This will burn it right up. There’s a report from the early 1950s ...
