some thoughts after having my iphone for a few weeksmonths. (I drafted this post on my iPhone on a train somewhere, then forgot about it! So I am posting it now, with minor corrections.
Firstly, the interface in general is lovely. The large clear high resolution screen shows off the beautiful graphics and makes reading a [...]
Posted at 22:46 on Sunday 5th October 2008 in Computers tagged apple, iPhone, phone, review, technology, with no comments.
Simon has just posted an interesting rantpost on why he is not on Facebook, or indeed on any of the multitude of social networking sites that seem to be springing up at the rate of one a week. He cites that fact that networking for the sake of it seems inherently wrong. Why not actually [...]
Posted at 19:38 on Sunday 23rd September 2007 in Blog, Computers tagged Computers, facebook, internet, networking, pointless, rant, technology, with no comments.
It was my bag!
I had to use the silly bleepy so called self service checkout at the big blue and red supermarket tonight, as they had only one real checkout open, and it had a huge queue. First of all, it complained at me for putting my rucksack in the bagging area. So the operator [...]
Posted at 21:54 on Friday 14th September 2007 in Blog tagged pointless, rant, shopping, technology, with no comments.
NASA have now made their amazing montage of city lights across the Earth at night available as a layer on Google Earth.
To switch it on, go to Layers > Featured Content > NASA > Earth City Lights, but before you do that, for maximum impact, navigate to an area you know well, like Scotland, and [...]
Posted at 12:29 on Sunday 22nd July 2007 in Blog, Science tagged Computers, energy, environmental, landscapes, mapping, Photos, Science, space, technology, with no comments.
Hopefully Richard Branson’s $25m climate challenge will do for carbon sequestration what the Ansari X Prize has done for private spaceflight.
Millions of pounds are on offer for the person who comes up with the best way of removing significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Whether we can successfully engineer our way out of [...]
Posted at 17:36 on Sunday 11th February 2007 in Engineering, Science tagged climate change, energy, Engineering, environmental, Science, technology, transport, UK, with no comments.