May 28th, 2009
The WWDC session times are up on the Attendee site. Here is my plan for the week. Click picture thumbnail for larger view. There are a few sessions still to be announced after the keynote. These will be sessions related to new stuff
May 25th, 2009
I was recently slagging of Formula 1 as boring on Twitter. And it is. Watching it is so repetitive. But what would be really interesting would be to combine the GPS data from real races and F1 games, like that shown in the Playstation 3 trailer shown here, to allow you to compete in races [...]
May 25th, 2009
Whilst out at Tesco this morning, getting some fresh pineapple for breakfast, I also picked up some Factor 50 sun block to use when in San Francisco for WWDC 09 in early June. I’ve been sun burnt twice in California. Once quite badly on the forehead in San Diego, and then on the arms and [...]
May 24th, 2009
The following very short story is by Frank Herbert who wrote Dune, Hellstrom’s Hive (possibly my favourite book) and lots of other stories. Despite being very short it manages to convey the core essence of what being a scientist entails I think. Even when the hypothesis is wrong! I’m probably violating someone’s copyright posting this. [...]
May 19th, 2009
In 3 weeks it’ll be day 2 of WWDC. Day 2 is the start of the topic specific sessions. The Monday is taken up with the Keynote in the morning and Several State of the Union sessions in the afternoon. The State of the Union sessions are on things like Mac OS X Server, Graphics [...]
May 10th, 2009
More change If anyone doubted that change has come, and come to science, they need to watch this video. We’ve been waiting a long, long time for a president to take this kind of interest in furthering the cause of science in our country. His budget calls for a doubling of our nation’s investment in [...]
May 8th, 2009
Here is a good video demo of the new Kindle DX. Still not sure if the screen is big enough for A4 PDF reading.
May 8th, 2009
I like programming in BASIC. There I said it. I can hear the purists poopooing, indeed some may be fainting. But it’s only a language. It has been said that modern versions of BASIC are not your fathers BASIC. What this means is that there are versions of BASIC available today that have most, or [...]
May 8th, 2009
Mocking the stone age science at the Texas State Board of Education has now gone viral — late-night comedians have the rest of the country laughing at us. Bill Maher de-pantsed the governor on last Friday’s episode of his HBO series Real Time with Bill Maher: “He [Perry] appointed a creationist to head the Texas [...]
May 7th, 2009
Got new contact lenses today. Slightly different shape from the last ones, in the right eye. Left eye identical to the ones I’ve had for a few years. Had to get new ones as I lost the previous right one when drunk. lost it removing them. Went to put it in again a few days [...]
May 6th, 2009
I hate shaving. I’ve Twittered about it a few times. Beard hair, especially just under my jaw line and on my neck, grows very quickly and mostly dark. If I shave in the morning then by lunchtime there will be significant regrowth of the hair. A 12 o’clock shadow! Not only that the hair is [...]
May 4th, 2009
Sometimes I despair. I really do. The content in the article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in The Independent has made me despair today. Especially the bit quoted. Read the rest via the link below. Or maybe not. Do something to make yourself happy instead. Iranian painter Delara Darabi, only 22 and in prison since she was [...]
May 4th, 2009
Just added the WPtouch plugin to the Soapbox. This uses a different mobile optimised theme when you hit the site with an iPhone, iPod touch or (apparently) an Android device. I like it. More than just a plugin, WPtouch is an entire theme package for your WordPress website. Modeled after Apple’s app store design specs, [...]
May 2nd, 2009
I bought myself a copy of the Pragmamatic Programmers Learn To Program book. I’ve decided to go back to basics and make sure I have a good foundation in the basics of programming before trying to build some applications I want for the Macintosh and iPhone. Not because I have tried to build the applications [...]
May 2nd, 2009
Web market share for the iPod touch has tripled in just five months, outpacing even the iPhone among mobile devices. Also, Windows’ share has dropped to its lowest point since tracking began even as the Mac managed to hold its ground. More info at: AppleInsider | iPod touch web share triples as Windows reaches new [...]