Archive for November, 2007

New job role

November 24th, 2007

I’ve just moved into a new role in work. My new title is Technology Consultant. A major part of the job function will be finding, evaluating and introducing new technologies into the company I work for and into our ICT offerings. I’ll also have a team of people working for me. Should be fun. Getting [...]

Stem cell research breakthrough?

November 24th, 2007

There has been a lot of hoopla and news coverage recently about the results, from teams in Japan and the USA, who used chemical manipulation to produce cells that resemble stem cells. Many groups that oppose the use of embryos in research have proclaimed that the new results mean that there is no longer any [...]

OmniFocus

November 17th, 2007

The Omni Group have announced pricing and a release date for OmniFocus. I’ve been using the beta versions for a while. It’s a very nice application for sorting out the things you need to get done. It can help you implement the Getting Things Done methodology. Well worth checking out if you need an application [...]

Rationality breaking out all over the place…

November 13th, 2007

The evidence… Of course if you did the a similar video for the sites espousing irrational beliefs you’d be there for a while. Link via Pharyngula.

Song of the Day: In a Broken Dream – Python Lee Jackson with Rod Stewart

November 12th, 2007

I haven’t heard this song for ages. Several years, until it came up on random play in iTunes today. I was working from home writing stuff for work with the music as background. I did something I very rarely do these days and just let iTunes play songs at random from the whole library of [...]

SF Sketchfest

November 8th, 2007

The SF Sketchfest comedy festival is on in SF from 10th to 27th January. Happy days. I’ll be in San Francisco for 10 of those days. Have to keep an eye on the Sketchfest schedule to see who is performing on the nights I’m there.