Google’s new DocType project
May 18th
Well, Google just saved me from writing a million Wiki pages myself. I was intending on putting as much of the knowledge I have about web development into my wiki, but with this new project, theres no way I’m going to bother. Google has just released the Google Doctype Project for general consumption and used.…
Virtualisation – A sideways glance
May 17th
One of the biggest trends moving through the IT industry at the moment is the concept of virtualisation. Running multiple operating systems on a single piece of hardware is seen as a way of reducing costs while at the same time getting better utilisation of your existing hardware. A single server becomes host to multiple…
A whole lot of site news
May 13th
I was going through some of the stuff on the Google Webmaster site when I noticed that a lot of people have been visiting the 2 year old discussion about Artificial Consciousness recently. Given the age of the post I can understand why people don’t comment on it anymore, but I do admit I’m surprised…
The Man Cold
May 13th
Brooke found this last month, but its sooo true. I’m getting a mancold myself at the moment. Struggling through the day and trying to survive. Its so hard, but you just have to battle through it because there are so many people relying on you. I’ll be back in bed early again tonight. Was there…
The Google Era
May 8th
I want to repost a comment I made on Google Reader in regards to a post by the Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu here because strangely enough, it was actually better suited to a blog post than a shared note. ;-) Before I go on, my comment does touch slightly on the Yahoo!/Microsoft thing but not…
2 Minor Changes – Captcha + FriendFeed
May 3rd
Just a quick update to some of the changes that I’ll be making here shortly. 1) I’ll be adding a captcha of sorts to the Contact form I have on my sites. Spammers have started testing it to see if they can feed me links through it and they’re getting more and more intrusive as…
Colossal Entertainment
Apr 30th
If you want to have something mildly educational going while you do your work (or whatever you’re doing at the moment) then might I recommend that you go to the Te Papa website and watch the webcasts of the “Squid Autopsy” that was supposed to have started at 9am this morning. Unfortunately, even after 3…
It was Meeee!!!
Apr 29th
I have to go buy pants. As in trousers or as in dress clothes for work… Why do so many different countries use the same words for different things? Anyway, I got a call from the old security company this morning (‘tards woke me up after a hell night of sickness) and they want all…
Finally Finished Prophecies!
Apr 28th
The time changes are a little harsh. Now that I’m working during the day and 5 days out of 7, I don’t get the time off like I used to when I was working Security to spend with Brooke. When doing the security, I’d work 7 days, get 7 off (with a day shift in…
The new era of musical economics
Mar 29th
I had this big long article written about how the Nine Inch Nails release of Ghosts totally whips anything that has been done before. I mean, it makes Radiohead’s release look pretty limp and tepid when you consider everything. Radiohead had big fanfare when they released their In Rainbows album, but all Trent Reznor did…