August 23rd, 2006
I’ve signed up for a first course in a series that are required for an Open University MBA (Technology Management). Given that I’ve got about another 20+ years to work in the IT infrastructure sector I think this’ll help me add more value for the clients and companies i work for in the future. I’m [...]
August 19th, 2006
Inspired by watching Scoop, I rented Match Point on DVD. This was the previous Woody Allen film that was set in England, like Scoop. The first thing to say about this film is that it is beautifully filmed. The camera work, lighting and locations are stunning. I watched it on my HD Apple Cinema Display [...]
August 19th, 2006
I went to see the new Woody Allen film, Scoop, when in San Francisco for WWDC. It was good. Typical Woody Allen performance with a few deja vue moments with bits very similar to his earlier films. If anything it was a bit short. The murder mystery suspense could have been longer in the middle. [...]
August 18th, 2006
Heh! There has been a rival proposal to the one outlined in the last post about how to define a planet. The new proposal classes a planet as the largest body in its region of space that orbits a star. So by this definition the Solar System would have 8 planets and Pluto would not [...]
August 17th, 2006
It looks like the International Astronomical Union will vote next week on a new definition of what can be classed as a planet. The new definition will be any body that has enough mass to form a near spherical shape, due to gravity, and that orbits a star. Under this definition the Solar System will [...]
August 5th, 2006
I finished Wyndham’s The Trouble with Lichen a few days ago. It was all right. Nothing special. Certainly not as good as the other 3 of his books I’ve read recently and outlined in previous posts. This I’ll take a break from Wyndham for a while. Reading Getting Things Done by David Allen at present [...]
August 5th, 2006
The Moscone West Conference Centre is ready for Apple’s WWDC 2006. Registration opens on Sunday and the event starts on Monday. This is my first WWDC. Can’t wait Click Picture for larger view
August 5th, 2006
I’m in San Francisco for Apple WWDC. When I was up in the wee hours this morning I was listening to BBC radio streamed over the Internet. A sanity saver when away if ever there was one. Said it before, but Radio 4 is worth the license fee on it’s own. Isn’t US TV awful? [...]