Second thoughts on RSS

31 01 2010

OK, so back in July I posted my praises of Google Reader and RSS technology.  Today however, I’m not so sure.  I’ve been without Internet for a couple of weeks, and look at my Google Reader:

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They dont make them like they used to…

18 12 2009

Faye has got a new phone, some up-to-date Nokia to replace her old 6200.  Her 6230 still works apart, just the battery doesn’t hold a charge very well. Read the rest of this entry »



XP doesn’t do relative links

30 07 2009

At work I’ve got a situation where I want to store a load of files in a central location, and then scatter links accross the rest of the file system (for reasons best not explained here).  The file system will be picked up and moved at some point, and indeed everybody accesses this file system through different addresses, so a relative link is exactly what I wanted. 
Under UNIX, I’d do something like this: Read the rest of this entry »