Category: Computers

Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

February 8, 2007 - Computers , Internet , Technology , Web - by admin - No Comments

Interesting video on what the Internet has now become. More than just a collection of static pages that it used to be. I wonder what the future will hold, will the semantic web go anywhere? Will machines be able to extract the information from this ‘Web 2.0’ as easily as […]

Flickr search

January 27, 2007 - Computers , Internet , Web - by admin - No Comments

Just ambling around the internet this morning, from Scud missiles to Jonathan Aitken. I found this gem, a nice Flash interface to Flickr.

Why I Like Linux

January 23, 2007 - Computers , Linux - by admin - 3 Comments

I wrote this as a response to a BBC request for 100 words about why you are faithful to Windows, Linux or OSX. Admittedly it’s 169 words, but I sent it anyway and I’ve put it up here for posterity too…

R/C Helicopters

January 14, 2007 - Aeroplanes , Computers , Cool things , Modelling , Web - by admin - 2 Comments

Following my recent attempts at maintaining stable flight with my wee remote controlled helicopter, it occurred to me that it would be significantly easier for a computer to fly it than a human A few minutes on Google returned the ChRoMicro – Cheap Robotic Microhelicopter HOWTO. A great site with […]

Electricity meter

January 9, 2007 - Computers , Home , Linux , Technology , Web - by admin - 1 Comment

A recent discussion on IRC has prompted this. At the least, it’s a shout out to Adam Sampson, who usefully provided all the info required in order to monitor your electricity usage by your home PC. I’ve been monitoring my electricity usage since the begininning of December, using the same […]