So Google Plus is not even in beta, it’s still a limited trail but they are soliciting feedback. Following on from Rich’s suggestions here are some things I would like to see Google+ do. 1. Allow nesting of Circles Circles are great. They are a pretty intuitive way of arranging your friends into groups. It’s [...]
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Move along, nothing to see here.
It’s been a while since I’ve last posted. I make a conscious effort not to post general household news in favour of things that stimulate debate and comments. I hope that my writings end up being interesting to someone even if it is only me reviewing these posts in the future. However the gap between [...]
Pensions
A number of public sector unions are striking today over changes to their pension arrangements. As a result Fliss has gone into London today rather than working from home, hopefully balanced out by a slightly less insane commute. Before she left for her train we listened to Mark Serwotka debating with Francis Maude on the [...]
Board Now
The weekend surprised me a bit. I was expecting a so-so weekend with thunderstorms. In the end we ended up with a pretty good Saturday and a fantastic Sunday. Fliss celebrated her penultimate bit with board games and general merriment. We have acquired a new game, Hex Hex which I have vague memories of having [...]
Looking back
Looking back at last years visit by Jeff and Phil I can see the June weather was also a little changeable – I’m hoping it will improve for the weekend. Fliss’ dad is currently visiting from the land down under so yesterday afternoon we wondered down to the local riverside drinking establishment to watch the [...]
It’s all about the package
Apologies in advance for this tech heavy post. I was moved to write it as some friends are doing a crash course in learning Linux. Consider this remote teaching for those that are interested. Back in the early history of computing software was often built in-situ. Generally programs were distributed as source code and compiled [...]
Travelling while moving
Last week I went to Fulda in Germany to attend the OpenNMS European User Conference. OpenNMS is an open source network management system which we make fairly heavy use of at work. The conference was an opportunity to catch up on developments in the project and get a sense of how it was being used. [...]
Primary Data
It’s hard to explain the impact of seeing a few grainy pixels waving at you on a medical monitor stand. While it’s a sign of our modern magical times that I can provide people with a picture of my yet-to-be borne child it loses some impact due to it’s static nature. While we watched this [...]
Uncaged Monkeys
I find it heartening that a thing like Uncaged Monkeys exists. While I doubt science based entertainment will ever reach the stadium busting state that stand-up comedy did a few years ago I hope the trend continues. The format worked well and was a lively cross between lecture and stand-up routine. Most of the comedy [...]
