World Summit

Reading time: < 1 min I’ve been following the coverage of this sporadically, but it doesn’t seem to be going too well at the moment. According to BBC News: Crisis looms over world summit. The US Bush Administration is, once again, looking for a way to get away with doing what they like. The arrogance of this attitude angers many,…

File sharing

Reading time: < 1 min MP3s, the RIAA, Napster, Kazaa, illegal downloads. Ring any bells? Puddle of Mudd, Coldplay. Ring any bells? The connection is simple. I have downloaded both albums in MP3 format. I didn’t own the albums. I do now, on the strength of the tracks I downloaded. File sharing good. Another view point.

Birthday Pressie

Reading time: < 1 min OK, so my birthday’s not for a couple of months yet (October) but should any kind soul out there want to grace me with a pressie (other than something from my wish list), then may I suggest Lapvantage Dome Deluxe. Just the one please. Thanks. My back and posture will be forever in your debt……

Ambrose Bierce

Reading time: < 1 min The Devil’s Dictionary offers “The most irreverent and sardonic definitions of common terms this side of the inferno.” Favourite entries (so far): OMEN, n. A sign that something will happen if nothing happens. VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.…

Quote

Reading time: < 1 min For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a little good humour than this extreme sensibility. – David Hume

Backtracking

Reading time: < 1 min HTML Design: If you are aware of the movement towards CSS and away from tables and frames for site structure, read on. If you don’t, I would skip this. A List Apart and WaSP. Two sites campaigning for the same thing, a move towards acceptance of the standard (as defined by the W3) CSS and…