Just to prove I’m not just piss and wind, I’ve started writing a tube-on-Google-Maps application. This is just a first draft – we only have the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line (as I live at Oval). All the data is supplied via an XML file and so adding extra lines and so on [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Why software isn’t the help we hoped
Wired have a story today about how tech isn’t helping US workers to be more productive. It’s an interesting point, and possible the most interesting thing is that it has taken so long to come to light. Why? I can think of two reasons off the top of my head – no training and no [...]
Neat tube toys
While I keep thinking it’d be neat to overlay the Tube on Google Maps some people have gone ahead and done similar things: A geographically accurate tube map, a geographically accurate map on satellite map and a start at mixing them with Google Maps (station to station only, but still rather neat). Also, a map [...]
The joys of Inkscape
Given I’m always keen to try and get my hands on a MacBook (despite the name) I whipped up an entry of the SourceSense logo competition (here). And to do it I used InkScape. InkScape is an open-source vector package using GTK+. And it’s really good. A little unstable maybe, but easy to use and [...]
Because translating en_US to en_UK is hard
Yes, if you want the shiny new features like Chat and Clips in GMail you’ll have to change your language to en_US. And before you can link three times you have new features galore. Ah the joys of living beyond the borders of the ‘Land of the Free’. But at least our tea is better.
Looks like Allah is pissed
While the radical hordes rage those tea-swiping tax-evading Bostonians point out that this is no time to be apologetic. Meanwhile one idiot sees some sense.
More gripes on Windows Mobile 5
Well, I’m still not chuffed with Windows Mobile 5 and thought while I drink my tea I might try to articulate why. Firstly, I’m looking at it on its own merits. No doubt comparisons to the Palm will pop up but this is not a glowing endorsement of Palm OS – it’s well past its [...]
Fundamentalism Strikes Again
And so the Islamic community is pissy because someone printed cartoons of Mohammed. And there’s no delay in seeing the cause of the situation: we have a long history of being able to point out what a load of rubbish Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism etc. are and yet we for some reason have to treat Islam [...]
