30 April 2006
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An article on password security caught my eye this morning. The main argument is that systems that require you to change your password on a regular basis are less secure than ones where you can keep the same password indefinitely. … Continue reading
29 April 2006
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Via a link on Dave’s blog, I’ve found a site called Worldmapper. It takes a map of the world and then distorts the size of the countries to reflect various statistics, such as current or project population. Fascinating! Tags: maps, … Continue reading
28 April 2006
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Last night was another Upstairs event hosted by my band, The Elusive Teeth. Later today I’ll listen to the minidisc recording – we ran this one straight off the mixer desk, so I’ll be interested to hear how it comes … Continue reading
27 April 2006
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As if I wasn’t already busy enough in my job as webmaster at The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust, I’ve recently taken on further duties as part of a team providing administrative support to the Trust Board. My hope is that … Continue reading
26 April 2006
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Discussions in the Geotagging group on Flickr have made me aware that Google now provides street level mapping across Europe. I haven’t investigated the full extent of the coverage but it’s enough that I can get a close-up satellite view … Continue reading
25 April 2006
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Steve, on his Deep Calls to Deep blog, was posting about some research he has done into the manifesto of the British Nationalist Party. While I think there are many things about the character of Britain that are worth preserving … Continue reading
24 April 2006
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Here’s a poem by Billy Collins that I came across a few months ago on Hugo Schwyzer’s blog. I love the way it skips through time, remembering how we’ve always been a people who tend to fondly remember our past: … Continue reading
23 April 2006
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Yesterday’s Deep to Deep event at Boyn Hill Baptist Church went very well. Seven of us – myself, Andy, Andrew, Eddy, Les, John and Steve – met together and passed the day making music, learning about each other’s equipment and … Continue reading
21 April 2006
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As far as evil, corporate money-grabbing entities go, Starbucks manages to be pretty benign. The chances are that as soon as I’ve posted this, and get round to seeing what other people have been saying about the company recently, I’ll … Continue reading
20 April 2006
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I first signed up to Flickr on 1 August 2005 (and blogged about it the day after). I stumbled across the service after looking for some way to make my series of postings about walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage … Continue reading