Month: January 2008

Mappers are terrorists?

January 30, 2008 - Buildings , Computers , Internet , Openstreetmap , Things that annoy Kyle , United Kingdom , Urban Exploration - by admin - 6 Comments

A recent public email I wrote, after the worrying quotes published in http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Festival-is-key-terror-target.3723328.jp To: postmaster@cityoflondon.police.uk CC: gm39@st-andrews.ac.uk, Kenny.MacAskill.msp@scottish.parliament.uk, info@rcahms.gov.uk, public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Hi, This is a public email, also available at http://lodge.glasgownet.com/mappers-are-terrorists/ I have also included some other recipients that may consider raising this issue at a higher level, may also be […]

The New New Bible

January 28, 2008 - Internet , Web - by admin - No Comments

Recently, having almost completed the spec on HTML5, the WHATWG have announced that they are to commence work on the next biggest thing to hit humanity… The Bible. With updates to the ten commandments, the new Bible5 will also be RFC 2119 compliant, and promises to bring us closer to […]

The O2 Lives!

January 26, 2008 - Computers , Geek - by admin - 1 Comment

For a while now, my SGI O2 has languished in the cupboard after being diagnosed with an unknown fault. I decided to dig it out again and have a quick look at it. Powering it up seemed successful, and I got the audio chime but no display. A quick bit […]

Supermarket Labels

January 25, 2008 - Shopping - by admin - No Comments

This is why supermarkets should not make any attempt at advertising…

NES Flickr Photos

January 24, 2008 - Friends , Work - by admin - No Comments

There’s a new set of photos up, from the various nights out over Christmas and New Year. I’ve also put together the NES Flickr pool, to which others can submit as well.