DriverMax

Useful utility for machine rebuilds (Seumas)

Bruce Sterling at reboot 11

Not watched this yet but apparently it's good...

OpenDNS - Internet Navigation And Security

As my 7 year old daughter now googles things I thought it was time to get some parental controls installed for my home network's internet connection. After a bit of researching OpenDNS seems to be an excellent (and free) solution. Much better than paying for iffy software that would then have to be installed on all the PCs in the house.

Meditation article in Ars Technica

Meditation boosts part of brain where ADD, addictions reside

Brian Keenan / Jah Wobble

Claire and I went to readings / Q&A sessions with first Brian Keenan and then Jah Wobble at the Book Festival yesterday. Both of them pretty amazing individuals.

Moray Place BBQ

From Moray Place BBQ

Seumas your attendance is definitely required at the next one. Plenty of money left in the adwords kitty...

Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions

Great article

Seumas!

Cycle ride home as tracked by Google Latitude

My cycle ride home (KML data exported from Google Latitude running on my Nokia E72 and imported into Google Maps).


View Cycle ride home 20100816 in a larger map

Google Latitude location history

I thought you might be able to do this - track Google latitude location history. Interesting and slightly unnerving, have just turned mine on.

Fitzrovian Engineering

Snoopy Theology

Side of house landscaping project - phase 1

Assembly Rooms tent in PSG

Fitzroy meet up

We should do this actually. Where and when though? I personally think we should have a bbq in my back garden in Edinburgh.

mypccare scam

Interesting. We've had three phone calls from different people local to here, saying that someone phones up saying he's from Microsoft and there's something wrong with their PC. Seems like a persistent guy. The website www.mypccare.info (be careful visiting these kinds of sites: don't do it in IE!) seems at first glance to look legit, but a closer look shows it's pretty shoddy.

Anyway, whois tells me that the domain was registered by Abhishek Jaiswal in Calcutta. Not as UK as that flag on the website suggests then. Googling for the text on the page, shows the exact same quote on a list of similar "support" sites.

The scam is that they try to get you to allow remote access to your computer. People have lost lots of money through these types getting access to their financial information. Be careful out there!

I've been busy-ish

Hi guys, long time no post from me. I've been...well, all over the place...

I'm now mainly involved with a local Internet radio station: Siar FM (we've just recently renamed).

Actually, I'm going to be a guest on a show going out on next week. It's at 11am or 6pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Have a listen! Cool show. A woman from KMUN Astoria, Oregon, was touring through the islands and I suggested she record one of her shows from our wee studio. So it's a mix of Gaelic, Blues and Jazz stuff (with a couple of poems).

Anyway, I'll try and tune in a bit more often, particularly since there's that £100 in the beer fund (at least, I assume that's where the adwords cash goes ;-)

Cabinet of Horrors

Okay, apologies for the ghastly image. But interesting, I think, that many of the most stridently right wing and revolting cabinet members (Liam Fox, Eric pickles, philip hammond) are actually those that went to state schools. As someone said to me a couple of years ago - we don't have anything to fear from Tory Etonians. It's the grammar school boys who do all the damage.

This is great - 3 cheers for Courtney Love!!!

Hole – Skinny Little Bitch

Cycles attached to these railings will be removed

Cycles attached to these railings will be removed