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Standing in gale force winds a…

June 16, 2007 - Uncategorized - by admin - No Comments

Standing in gale force winds and torrential rain at Crail. Still enjoying it somehow…

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 […]

Mobile Computing

May 23, 2007 - Cars , Internet , Technology - by admin - 2 Comments

The U.S. Government and industry are attempting to prototype a new type of mobile computing and wireless mesh, where vehicles all communicate with each other about a whole variety of parameters. They are currently planning to use the 5.9GHz band for DSRC (5.8GHz in Europe) for their Vehicle Infrastructure Integration […]

Dear Siemens

May 23, 2007 - Internet , Technology , VoIP - by admin - 1 Comment

I have a Siemens C460IP phone at home, and so far I’m very happy with it. Very easy to use, lovely integration with Asterisk, and ideal for general usage around the flat. However, one thing bugs me, and that’s the lack of alphanumeric addressing capability in the phone book or […]

Visions

May 15, 2007 - Cool things , Internet , Web - by admin - No Comments

In my daily trawl of the Internet, I discovered Twittervision and Flickrvision. Both present a map of the world, take a live geo-enabled feed of data from Twitter and Flickr and overlay it onto the map. Scrolling smoothly where necessary. It’s very hypnotic, and a lovely demo of the integration […]