Sun
Mar
19
2006
Top Gear - Ariel Atom
‘Top Gear’ (the best car show on TV anywhere) absolutely raved about a bullet of car called the Ariel Atom. Now we have a link to a Quicktime video of the segment on the show. Well worth a watch…
Thu
Mar
16
2006
Desktop Earth
Want a fascinating, changing background on your desktop? Desktop Earth could be just for you…
Sat
Mar
11
2006
Office 2007 - looking good
Some will know that I’m beta testing the next release of Microsoft’s Office suite – my third such test.
While the NDA stops me from saying much, one of the really cool aspects of this beta is that a few key people at MS who are closely involved in the development of Office 2007 are blogging about the process.
Thu
Mar
09
2006
Origami Revealed
The worse-kept IT secret of the month is finally made official:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/default.mspx
Fri
Mar
03
2006
The Origami Project
The web has been abuzz for a week or so now with all sorts of gossip about Microsoft’s new hand-held gadget called (for the moment) Origami.
Fri
Feb
10
2006
Google Desktop concerns
It’s not a first, but the latest incarnation of the Google Desktop search tool (v3) does appear to have some privacy issues.
Wed
Feb
01
2006
Elegant web design
I am unashamedly a web design neophite.
I love the whole idea of the current focus in web design – the separation of style from content, and the increasingly powerful tools to help create web sites that are accessible and work well on a wide range of equipment.
It’s very satisfying from an athestic and geeky-coding point of view!
The site A List Apart is widely regarded as a paragon of fine web design, and for the promotion of web standards.
Thu
Jan
26
2006
Building a Windows Vista system
Want to know how to build a computer that will make Windows Vista sing? Read this…
