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For reasons at worst trivial, I find myself in hospital overnight. Say what you like about the UK health service – all that matters to me is that the bedside telephone doubles up as an internet...
View ArticleCan MaxJet keep a skeptic happy?
I live near Guildford UK, and I need to get to Charlotte in North Carolina. Now, there’s a direct flight from Gatwork (45 mins away) to Charlotte. But it’s a bit pricey this late in the day. So we’re...
View ArticleDallas Mavericks and out
Well, I forgot to mention it… but the MaxJet flight we got reseated on was the Dallas Maverick’s private jet. Hilariously, I was in “Ultra First Class” – which is preumably where the 7-foot+ basketball...
View ArticleMore Than Just Us
I just discovered there is such a thing as a “social group for bloggers in Hindhead, Haslemere, Grayshott, Beacon Hill“. - approximately 2 weeks before I leave the area to go and live abroad. So I...
View ArticleDrupal, AJAX, Scriptaculous
Following my assertion that the only problems in Drupal are the ones you haven’t found modules for yet, I discover Drupal meets Scriptaculous Exactly what I need to let users define their own layouts...
View ArticleLUAS whitenoise
As the only passenger on this morning’s tram without headphones on, I enjoy a multi-track, second-order musical assault from everyone else’s. I wonder… How many distinct musical sources can a human ear...
View ArticleBush hid the facts
If you are lucky enough to run Windows, open Notepad, type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes), and save the file. Open it back up again …indeed, the facts are hidden. (NB: I find this completely...
View ArticleWhen politics blows up the semantic web
- or - “Don’t vote for Hillary; it might break FreeBase!”
View ArticleGoogle Instant: 37 Golden Tickets
Google Instant provides results as you type. This is bound to keep SEO experts and marketing wonks awake at night trying to figure out what new user behavior it might engender. For one thing, there are...
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