The best of Android that’s missing from iOS →
This list of stuff iOS users are missing out on is pretty good. But there’s also some really odd comments, especially since he’s using a Mac. I didn’t know about Locale and that’s made me jealous. I...
View ArticleMy letter to the Draft Communications Data Bill Committee →
There are already ways for police and intelligence agencies to snoop on suspected criminals; they get a warrant, by justifying the need to snoop. The government is looking to make it easier to snoop on...
View ArticleThe coming civil war over general purpose computing →
Oh my goodness, that was a long, unexpected, fascinating read. Lots of thinking to the future, and about fundamentals of government, freedom, choice and security, and how the concepts develop as the...
View ArticleThis is one of the reasons we had riots last year →
A 17 year old black teenager in London says he’s been stopped-and-searched without cause fifty times since he was 14, and that on a number of occasions this has included bullshit charges (later...
View ArticleApple Store may be shifting from customer experience to profit machine →
This is sad news about Apple’s retail stores. The thing that’s fascinating about Apple is their dedication to being great. I can’t help believing they’re getting it wrong here. The Apple stores are so...
View ArticleDaddyyy
When I got home from work last night, Oscar saw me from the kitchen and, for the first time, came running and shouting to the door to meet me! It’s the most touching ‘first time’, yet. Although,...
View ArticleModel Mig jet plane →
Me and Oscar found this when browsing YouTube this morning. It’s a long tedious video, but very impressive. Once it takes off it looks and sounds like a real (fullsize) jet. Then 30s after that, I...
View ArticleAmerican is becoming English →
Crikey, Britishisms are everywhere. Call it Anglocreep. Call it annoying. Snippets of British vernacular — “cheers” as a thank you, “brilliant” as an affirmative, “loo” as a bathroom… The next time an...
View ArticleAdventures in Fan Filmmaking →
Looks like a cool project. There’s lots of people making fan films, which is awesome. I love how the Internet allows people to share stuff they’ve made. χ χ
View ArticleCommuting Shuttle →
This is my favourite picture from the Endeavour’s trip across LA. Captures the size of the orbiter, and especially its engines. χ χ
View ArticleDon’t make me laugh →
Hopefully this is all a knee-jerk reaction by prosecutors that’ll blow over. How many of us have told horrible jokes as children? An aside: I remember hearing (on a ‘This Week in Tech’ podcast, I...
View ArticleKim Dotcom unveils “Me.ga” domain, mega plan to fool law...
Remember the controversy when we discovered Dropbox does have the power to decrypt our files, and give them to law enforcement? (And in theory anyone else.) I’m hoping the me.ga service will be as easy...
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