I have mixed feelings about this one... Bill Gates recently got a pretend degree from Edinburgh University. It's good to recognise "philanthopy" and money going to research and charity etc. However I also can't put out of my mind the idea of all the selfish, competition busting antics Microsoft have engaged in, as well as the thought that Bill ( Read more... )

In these times of climate change and potential global catastrophe, it's comforting to know that some banks will still open a new branch with automatic doors installed, such as the new bank around the corner. The bank is positioned on a corner so e-v-e-r-y person going round the corner opens the doors too ( Read more... )

This is the king of typos.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/december06/saluting.htm

Though I suspect it's a "machine-o" rather than a typo.

There's a large and nasty security hole in Adobe Reader that has just been identified. If you use Adobe Reader for reading PDFs, then it's worth upgrading to version 8 asap.

You may have noticed or heard about mature trees being removed from middle meadow walk by the Quartermile developers. I wrote to the council asking about this and received the following reply, posting here for anyone who is interested....

You contacted the Planning Helpdesk regarding removal of trees at Middle meadow Walk ( Read more... )

Grrr. Ford pardoning Nixon was a "tough and decent decision", according to Bush. Wonder if he's hoping someone will make a "tough and decent" decision about him if he ever gets impeached? (His popularity rating is now even lower than Nixons...)

Happy new year, and have two interesting sites.

http://www.globalrichlist.comhttp://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/TLSF/theme_a/mod02/www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/

The Quartermile Project (next to the meadows) has seen fit to knock down five or six mature trees that used to be on middle meadow walk. And their website talks about 'heritage'....

Redeveloping the old informary site? Fair enough (if it's not a total eyesore). Killing the trees on middle meadow walk? Go straight to hell.

With the exploding of web comics in recent years, it truly takes something else to stand out as a bit strange. But Pixel fits the bill! It even makes sense (if you once had a mad romance with a computer under a cafe in Lille).

D'oh.  I heard that the new Windows version - Vista - was going to be bad for digital rights management, but they have surpassed even themselves! Apparently the system will degrade audio and image output when it detects that 'protected' (copyrighted) content is being accessed. What this means is that any seriously medical uses of Vista cannot ( Read more... )