Archives for “How things work”

This series of short articles explains some simple and free ways to use the internet to keep tabs on the subjects you're interested in. I'm ...


In this series of short articles, I'm looking at different ways of subject-tracking on the internet. Previous articles covered Google Alerts and Technorati Watchlists. This article is ...


How do you keep on top of everything everyone’s saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I’m going ...


How do you keep on top of everything everyone's saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I'm going ...


These are the text message (SMS) templates that came with my phone: I am late. I will be there at I'm at home. Please call I'm at work. ...


Count your opinions

Count your opinions Originally uploaded by Beatnic. So I thought I'd add my input to the survey being run by ...


Television

Where there's smoke there's mirrors.


IT Conversations

Don't be put off by the name! If you're interested in anything vaguely related to technology there's something to listen to here. I finally started catching up ...


Sounds like it should be a blast

If you'll pardon the pun. I've just been sent this info about an event taking place in July. I've added in the link showing where the ...


The parent button

It's my younger son's first birthday today. He has been given some amazing presents, most of which make various electronic noises and tunes when bits of ...


Every now and then I read something that seems to coincide with my life so perfectly I imagine there must be an Amélie-like character ...


MBTs

Prompted by DulwichMum's comment in my previous post, here's some info on MBTs. MBT stands for Masai Barefoot Technology and is the "invention" of a Swiss ...


Just read this brilliant and incredibly timely (for me anyway!) post from the always passionate Kathy Sierra. To avoid the Zone of Mediocrity, you must suspend ...


Key in *#06# Turn off your handset. Turn it on again. Allow the handset to load completely. Press the following keys one by one: * # 0 6 # Read ...


"I get it!" said the Wealthy Industrialist. "We tell all the fish and frogs to live upstream!" "Not exactly," said the Frog. "We pass a ...


Thought for the day

Great promo video for the British Humanist Association Find out more about Humanism


Caught Spam

Akismet has caught 7,250 spam for you since you installed it. You can delete all of the spam from your database with a single click. This ...


Beta blocker

A person who blocks innovation and progress by taking a one-size-fits-all approach to life and in particular technology.


Ban illegal timber. Greenpeace. Courtesy of, and arty credit to, my mate Paul.


It usually doesn't.


Simple message

Progress means simplifying not complicating. Bruno Munari I knew it all rang a bell


The duck’s feet

Simplicity is in the air... The following quote via Euan Semple's The Obvious? Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity - ...


"The trick... is to make sure that each limited mechanical part of the Web, each application, is within itself composed of simple parts that will ...


The Next Net 25

This from CNNMoney.Com: A new Web revolution is picking up steam, and the next Google or Microsoft could emerge from the companies that are in the ...


11, 10, 9, 8... It's not getting quite the same hype as the Y2K "bug", but this year we get an extra leap second in our ...