If you have an iPhone (or other device with web access) you might like to take a look at Schmap guides. There are guides for lots of cities around the world and they provide useful information behind a nicely designed interface.
And I'm not just saying this because they've used one of my pictures. Oh no.
This is fun, in a cheesy retro kind of way (some of the questions are a bit hard though).
First I must declare a vested interest here. David has promised to buy me a vest if I mention his software.
Actually no. In the old days only my mother bought my vests. Now number one wife does it.
But I work with David, which is how come I can recommend things he makes. Like Powerdown. You can get it here. It turns your computer off when you aren't using it. And makes it come back on quickly when you need it again. It is particularly interesting for large companies, who might have hundreds, perhaps thousands, of machines which they would like to make greener.
Powerdown also provides a way of controlling the power characteristics of large networks of computers from a single point, properly integrating with corporate systems to make things easy to manage.
Well worth a try.
The heck with Yahoo. I reckon Microsoft should buy Clusty.
Saw this T-shirt today. I really, really want one:
For some reason known only to Primark they've used a system diagram which includes PDP and VAX computers and all kinds of things that I used to manage (RD54 disks anyone) as the logo. I sooo want one of these in XL. I just hope they are not only kids sizes (and that you can still get them).
Ha. Managed to get one. I happened to be up town early today (getting a copy of a certain video game now in its fourth incarnation) and so I nipped into Primark and found they still had some. In fact, bearing in mind they were only three pounds each, I got two.
I've found this rather nice custom homepage maker:
It lets you make your own home page with customised content (yes, I know there are loads of these but this one is quite nice). I've only found one snag so far. It figures out where you are and then offers up a list of events in your region, added to a map so you can find them easily.
I just hope everyone can swim.....
I'm quite proud of myself. I've actually found a really funny comic web site that number one son hasn't heard of.
This is a very cute device. If your camera uses SD cards it gives you a very neat way of getting your pictures into your computer, with no wires.
Zoe sent me this. I find it rather funny.
I've finally got around to launching verysillygames properly. The new site has downloads, an FAQ and all sorts. I'd love to know what you all think, and if you have any ideas for content let me know.
This is amazing. I'm soo going to build one...
Ian sent me this link about what to do if you suspect the neighbours are stealing your home WIFI.
http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html
Brilliant stuff.
Thanks to number one son for this one:
http://www.sharebrained.com/chronulator/
I'm very tempted to get one and build it. I've got a picture frame that would fit it a treat.
And thanks to the Geoffmeister for this one:
http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/
Looks great fun.
I first saw this some time ago. I'm very pleased to find that it has made it onto YouTube:
It looks like Live Writer (the thing that I'm using to write this blog) has finally gone, er, live. It was in beta for ages, and the "Help About" screen in my version still says Beta, but now it looks much more like a finished product. All the nice features are still there, along with the plugin structure (which seems to have sprouted a bunch of extra plugins - but nothing as nice as my Flickr Inkifier of course).
If you write blogs and want a lovely place to work, you should take a look here:
Learn how to do this....
I've just been sent a question about an article that I seem to have published. I sent it over to the OpenNET people and they put it out in August this year. It is all about Image Processing in C# on a mobile device. If you want to take a look, get the code and get the articles, take a look here:
Rob Miles is technology author and educator who spent many years as a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Hull. He is also a Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP. He is into technology, teaching and photography. He is the author of the World Famous C# Yellow Book and almost as handsome as he thinks he is.
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