Linkblogging for 22/02/09
A few quick links here… Found via Douglas Wolk on Twitter – WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog have 11 CDs worth of rockabilly, garage rock and exotica, as chosen by Lux and Ivy of the Cramps, for download....
View ArticleSo this ID card ‘news’ then…
I think my friend Dave has put it best… As far as I can see there has been no substantive change in policy here. Originally, it was going to be compulsory to go on the ID database when you applied for...
View ArticleWhy Liberals Should Use GNU/Linux
This is another of the posts that several people said they’d be interested in. Those of you who aren’t, blame those people. This is pitched at the most non-technical of people, so my apologies if this...
View ArticleLinkblogging for 10/08/09
I’m going to link to a few things here, but the only one I really care about is this – Andrew Rilstone’s new pdf ‘zine, with which he’s broken his five-month blog silence. I’ve only read the first...
View ArticleLinkblogging for 28/09/09
Sorry there’s no real content here for the last few days… I’m utterly, utterly exhausted by work stuff at the moment. I’ve started three posts (one on Darkseid, one on Big Finish, and a playlist) but...
View ArticleLinkblogging for 19/10/09
I’m actually in the middle of writing my Kirby & Darkseid piece, but a few things which I thought deserved linking: Jennie writes more about where all the female bloggers are… good discussion in...
View ArticleAda Lovelace Day: Emily Short
Ada Lovelace day is “an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science.” by blogging about a woman in technology. Unfortunately, it’s also a day when I’m...
View ArticleRIP Chris Sievey/Frank Sidebottom
A few years ago, my friend Tilt and I were, for reasons we shall not go into right now, watching an old episode of The Wheeltappers And Shunter’s Social Club, when Freddie Garrity of Freddie & The...
View ArticleGeeks Dig Metaphors: The Technical Problems With The Singularity
Back to introduction I have come to the conclusion that anyone who talks about how easy it’s going to be to simulate a human brain in a computer either understands computers but doesn’t understand...
View ArticleSo What’s This Apple Thing All About Then?
Apple have hit the news today for refusing to comply with an order from the FBI to produce a modified version of iOS, the operating system that runs on iPhones and iPads. A lot of nonsense has been...
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