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April 29, 2009

Geocities

By now you have probably heard that Yahoo! is shutting down its Geocities site.

April 17, 2009

Pirate Bay, pirates of the modern virtual world

So the verdict is in.

March 10, 2009

Computers in Moving Pictures, Then and Now

As part of a search for material for an animation for the local popular science festival, I went back looking out for videos and films usable for

February 23, 2009

From Berkeley's 'Giant Brains' to Chess Playing Computers...

A couple of weeks ago, Evan Koblentz, president of MARCH, non-p

January 30, 2009

Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

Last week Palm introduced a new smartphone, designed to compete with Apple's  iPhone.  It is an amazing device, with all sorts of features that you could hardly imagine could fit on something that small.

January 2, 2009

New Year Thoughts

By now you've all heard about the Microsoft Zune bug that was caused by its software ha

November 28, 2008

Bell Telephone Antwerp's American Ways

While in the just-over hectic fortnight spent at pre-preparing for a proje

September 25, 2008

The Interface Strikes Back

Recently I bought a new laptop. Since then, I have been in heavenly misery.

September 23, 2008

Not Quite Machu Picchu, but Close.

I have a close relative who’s traveled the world. She’s climbed Mt.

September 8, 2008

Towards Geek Polities?

The other day, after being asked to