So, I wrote the other day about how we can use the internet to expand our horizons. Unfortunately today we hear about how the internet (amongst other media) can negatively affect someone or some people. Read more

Weight of Water (link to YouTube video) Read more

Oh boy, I do so want one of these Read more

After my last post I had a conversation with my daughter about Pictochat on the DS. Read more

Being a gamer I have read many stories saying how gaming is bad for you. Politicians and do-gooders seem to think it’s an easy target to get the uninformed masses in uproar and to receive the blame for all society’s ills. Read more

I really like my N800, it has lots of potentially useful stuff on it. But I don’t really carry it around with me outside the home for two reasons…

1/ There’s a dearth of wireless hotspots in my area

2/ I couldn’t synch it with Outlook

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I’ve just watched CSI:New York from Saturday night. There was a lot about Second Life in the episode so I thought I’d give it a go (again). Read more

I’ve been messing around with an old PC and installed Linux Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04). No problems with the installation, especially after recently installing Windows XP and comparing time/ease etc. However, I am real close to uninstalling  FF and putting XP back - the only thing preventing me is that I know this machine freezes up under Windows for some unfathomable reason.

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For one of my final modules I am doing a group project. We can choose our teams and find our own projects but I am still wary of working with others. That’s not to say I don’t trust who I am working with, I do, but I know I am going to find it difficult after working on my own for so long. Read more