Category: Internet

Glasgow Openstreetmap

November 26, 2007 - Internet , Openstreetmap , Web - by admin - No Comments

For those that may find this sort of thing useful, I’ve started keeping a daily dump of the Glasgow area of the Openstreetmap database around here. Also in the OSM directory will be a weekly dump of the Glasgow area.

The Day The Routers Died…

October 27, 2007 - Internet , Technology - by admin - No Comments

The Secret Working Group of RIPE 55 find another memorable way to summarize the event 🙂 And for those who want the lyrics… grab the POEM-RIPE55-SONG object… whois -h whois.ripe.net POEM-RIPE55-SONG

McDonalds offer free Wi-fi

October 11, 2007 - Internet , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

Hot on the heels of the BT & FON partnership, McDonalds are announcing that they are soon going to offer free wi-fi at the majority of their restaurants by the end of the year. What definition of ‘free’ they are going to use is anyones guess, but it will be […]

Redinterbushouseexchangegatenorth

August 20, 2007 - Geek , Internet - by admin - No Comments

> The world would be a better place if people accustomed to electricity > were routinely deprived for a couple of days. And so God created Redbus Interhouse. Credit to Alex on uknot.

Mobile Mapping

June 7, 2007 - Internet , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

It’s as if they’ve been reading this blog. TomTom have recently just released their Map Share technology to the general public. Users can now edit their maps with a few clicks, to report back info on closed roads and roadworks. Having not tried it yet, I can’t comment on the […]