This launch is interesting. Together with Linux this will make the majority of cell phone platforms "open"^*. I'm unsure if this was coming anyway (Nokia having some FLOSS sympathies) or as a catch up reaction to Google's Android platform. Certainly having an open platform makes it easier to get developer …

I got my current job based on my experience with C/C++ and GTK. So far most of the code I've been writing has been perl and Java. Some times I think I'm writing too much perl:

# Quick and dirty match  for IP (but without the tedious address  # verification)    my …

I attempted a slightly more scenic route into work this morning to give the cycle a little more meaning. Apart from the one tree blocking the path it was a nice pleasant ride in. Of course I'm now sat in the office being hot and sweaty but I guess that …

You may have spotted a theme in my witterings over the last few weeks with my references to democracy and the importance of participation in it. All to often politics is conducted at megaphone level with the media and the press filtering (and molding) the message of the man/women …

Despite less the glowing reviews we thought we would chance Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the cinema. It's not the worlds worst film, in fact if you disengage brain and enjoy it for what it is I thought it was pretty good. Some people have …