Dumbing Down 2.0?
I regularly follow Bill Thompson's columns on Online Issues at the BBC's website - see the Blogroll here for a link to Bill's personal blog - and recently re-read this item which I found very interes…
Tagged: technology
Upgrading to Wordpress 2.5.1 - some notes for the nervous
There's a few basic rules that we can all follow and learn from in life. You know the stuff: Never play cards with a man called Mississipi Slim Always walk a mile in the other mans shoes - you have hi…
Will no one think about the children...
I'm a big fan of 'The Simpsons' and in one episode there is a morally outraged female character who keeps screaming the expression 'Will no one think about the children' whenever something crops up. I…
Web'n'Walk to the Rescue
Well, BT decided to throw some sort of unholy wobbly on me this evening and I ended up being unable to contact numerous sites I regularly use (including this Blog) and also experienced extremely slow …
T-Mobile Web-n-Walk
For the last couple of years I've used BT's Openzone system to give me Internet connectivity when I'm away from home. This uses WiFi hotspots, but by one of those unfortunate twists of fate, most plac…