• Being involved in the technical research domain I often find myself questioning emerging services from a consumer perspective rather than what my background may suggest. Yes, those who know me will agree I am opposed to many of the services that have been rolled out or thought of. My opposition is usually from an ethical…

  • Interesting article from newsfactor.com which, I found through slashdot with my new newsreader :-), about a new discovery that may be the missing piece of the puzzle to a sudden increase in hard drive capacity. Read on… Tiny Whiskers Make Huge Memory Storage

  • RSS News Reader

    Just installed this nice little RSS news reader. Seems like a handy way of keeping track of other blogs, etc. Plenty of features all under the same roof. Give it a try Download.com – Download Awasu here.

  • Data Retention

    Thanks to antoin@eire.com for this one. The act that was passed to allow retention all information about telephone and internet calls by the general public so that it can be passed on to law enforcement units. I remember hearing about this some time ago but it seems to have surfaced again with the advnet of…

  • It’s about time I posted an article on this as I have been following this great story for over a year now. For those of you that haven’t heard of Lindows, it’s a new operating system built on the bones of Linux but offering the ability to run many Windows programs. Being a Linux advocate,…

  • Well today has been all blog and the last entry before sleep is no exception. I finally got the chance to upgrade Moveable Type to 2.62 after seeing the release of 2.6 on the site some time ago. The upgrade was pretty seemless even though being the eternal cynic I backed up everything several times…

  • Opera stings back

    An interesting posting in the blog of Mark Pilgrim regarding the seemingly deliberate attempt by Microsoft to target Opera users and the subsequent counter attack by Opera. Good for a laugh anyway if you have the time… Bork Bork Bork [dive into mark]

  • Blog Genealogy

    Just discovered this site. I like the idea of further enhancing the online community by establishing a blog genealogy. This way the community can discover who inspired the creation of individual blogs and see if those blogs went on to inspire others. Just like in real life. Check out the BlogTree link to my blog…

  • Google likes blogging

    As the cunningly Wall St encoded heading may suggest, Google has purchased a web publishing firm, Pyra Labs. Should be testament enough to the appeal of blogging for those cynics out there… Google buys popular Web publishing company – Feb. 17, 2003

  • The Biz Blog?

    It’s amazing what some people will pay for if it has a shiney wrapper. I think my thoughts on this are best summed up by paraphrasing a certain credit card company’s ad campaign. Cost of my Blog package = $0 To think somebody would pay for it = priceless Read on… CNN.com – Red Herring…