Posted on Wed 28 November 2007 in geek
As part of my impending move I've been decentralising a lot of tasks. One of my central points of failure is my CVS repository. It proves really handy to have a version controlled repository where you store your customisations, especially when you come to a new machine. I've been converting …
Posted on Tue 27 November 2007 in geek
Today's geek link reviews a bunch of user interfaces. These go beyond the bling of a Mac desktop. My particular favorite is the reactable system. Follow the links from the stories for some demo movies.
Posted on Fri 19 October 2007 in geek
Yet another report has come out on how badly broken Wi-Fi "security" is. It's mainly talking about WEP which is the most rolled out method, however WPA is not without it problems (lest of all for me finding decently supported cards for Linux).
People often query why I leave my …
Posted on Fri 12 October 2007 in geek • Tagged with iplayer, podcasts
Moans about the iPlayer aside one of the other aspects of the BBC's latest media push was to make more of their radio programs available as podcasts. The new page lists many more programs than the anaemic list they had during the long trail period. Thankfully they have set up …
Posted on Fri 12 October 2007 in geek
After much hand waving and threatening from Microsoft the predicted first patent suit has been filed. Predictably it's not from Microsoft themselves but a proxy patent troll firm. This doesn't directly affect us over here as software patents aren't allowed (yet) in the EU. However it is going to need …