Archive for March, 2007
The Correct Use Of The Apostrophe
One of my pet peeves is the misuse of apostrophes. TheApostrophe Protection Society explains the proper use.
A funny thing happened on the way to the cockpit
I’m currently reading Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones and highly recommend it. The missus picked it up after watching Hotel Babylon on DVD (though you can also read the book). Rather than have me waffle on, read this excellent review from The Guardian and see if it’s something you’d like too.
The iPod Death Clock
Last time I checked, the The iPod Death Clock said my iPod would die today. Fortunately it hasn’t, so I went back for a second opinion. Latest estimates say it’ll croak on 24th November 2007. So come back then.
Slow down, all you multitaskers
CNET News.com reports on how you can’t do two things at once. This in particular resonated with me: “In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average, 15 minutes to return to serious mental tasks, like writing reports or computer code, after responding to incoming e-mail or instant messages. They strayed off [...]
The Effect Of The Time Change
Here’s another interesting part of my 6am project. Last night we moved into British Summer Time and the clocks went forward an hour. That means that today’s 6am photo looks like yesterday at 5am, and today’s 7am looks like yesterday at 6am. This is best reflected in the 6am gallery. Compare the 6am photo from [...]
Positive Thinking
After having dug to a depth of 1000 metres last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 1000 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug [...]
Animator vs. Animation
Alan Becker has created a couple of cool stick figure animations. Start with Animator vs. Animation and then have a look at Animator vs. Animation II.
Broken Link Checkers
As previously mentioned, I’m looking for an online program that will check my site for broken links, both internally and externally. I’ve tried a couple now but not got the reports I wanted. The first site I tried was the W3C Link Checker. Who better to check my site than the masters of the web? [...]
What Are You Doing?
Twitter exists to answer one question – What are you doing? You setup an account and log in, then describe what you’re up to in 140 characters or less. Update your current activities via the website, SMS or instant message. Add your friends and be kept abreast of what they are up to by ‘following’ [...]
Lost Beer from Dharma
Thanks to the kind folks at Insanely Great Tees I spent tonight drinking Dharma beer.