Archive for March, 2006



Spam comments

Published on 27 March, 2006

As blogs gain promenance, spammers find an easy way to reach a wider audience: posting spam comments. Just a note to anyone trying to spam this blog: It’s powered by wordpress, meaning that I have to approve each comment before it’s seen. therefore I am unlikely to approve any comment offering viagra, porn, or anything [...]


DRM circumvention is OK if it gets in your way?

Published on 21 March, 2006

Bill Thompson makes me laugh. As the BBC’s resident technology expert, he offers insightful and sometimes witty views on technology as part of the BBC’s Go Digital programme (although I get the impression that he also writes the script for the main presenter too, as they always seem to agree on a subject, or the [...]


Stop. HammerTime!

Published on 3 March, 2006

Wow! it looks like early 90′s stalwart MC Hammer has a blog!


Arctic Conditions?

Published on 2 March, 2006

I regularly defend the media and their actions, but their scaremongering has got to stop. Firstly there is the case of ‘Bird Flu’, where someone who works with chickens on a daily basis might have a very slim chance of contracting, but at the moment not be able to transmit it to another human being. [...]