Posted at 12:27pm on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Tom, over at theOTHERblog, makes some interesting points about what is and what isn’t mis-selling. While I have little sympathy for mactards in general (it is, after all, just another shiny cog in the “Apple are the new Fox” machine, people) even those poor souls shouldn’t suffer the Carphone Warehouse Scam.
Posted at 2:39pm on Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Although I have to admit it’s the only one of the shortlist that I’ve actually read. But it is one of my favourite books:
Midnight’s Children wins the Best of the Booker
I’m surprised only 8,000 people voted. I’d imagined a heated debate taking place across the nation. I think that says more about me than it should. Heigh ho.
Posted at 10:35am on Thursday, July 10th, 2008
…that this link will make little sense to the vast majority of people. Still. You should read it anyway.
Features of various file systems
Posted at 10:36pm on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
For bug tracking and source control? For us it’s Subversion and Trac, but that’s primarily because of the quality of Trac; I doubt we’d be so wedded to Subversion if there was equally good integration with other source control systems.
Posted at 10:34pm on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Posted at 6:42pm on Monday, July 7th, 2008
Bracewell is returning to Glos. This (to a Gloucestershire supporter) is awesome news.
Posted at 2:07pm on Friday, July 4th, 2008
Britain’s top spy is seriously ill. No foul play, so little news really, except for the gem at the end…
“[he] is known for running a website for fans of the band The Grateful Dead”
Pardon? I’m sure there are rules about mixing LSD and the Official Secrets Act. Aren’t there? Surely?
Posted at 1:30pm on Friday, July 4th, 2008
Probably, to be fair, because I hadn’t needed to. Yet again the Internet takes all forms of obsession to beyond their logical conclusion. Herewith an extremely detailed guide to collecting and managing your promotional coupons.
Posted at 2:30pm on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
There’s actually quite a few of these in our cupboards. Which is nice.