Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 21st through May 29th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between May 21st and May 29th:
The Next-Gen Web: Browser Storage Support – interesting analysis
The New York Times should let Frankie go to Hollywood and quit with the kvetching. – By Jack Shafer – Slate Magazine – Interesting article on conflicting interests.
Community Building on the Web:Companion Site – Still the [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Storm warning for cloud computing: more like a miasma
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website, and Nick Carr has an excellent piece on 'miasma computing' that moves the argument on nicely.]
My friend Simon is one of those net entrepreneurs with the attention to detail it takes to have an idea and turn it into an effective company. He’s [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Landing on Mars
From NASA:
NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is the first time that a spacecraft has imaged the final descent of another spacecraft onto a planetary body.
One of the most beautiful, compelling [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Reading List.
Reading List…
Originally uploaded by BillT.
I will eventually read all of the books piled up next to my desk.. just not sure when.
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Are we all law-breakers?
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website]
It has always been difficult to stay completely on the right side of the law, however law-abiding one tries to be.
I try to check the copyright status of every picture I use in my presentations, but may sometimes slip up. Copying CDs I own to [...]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on %date%:
Cuba supports unrestricted Internet, but US embargo makes it impossible, CB – Cuba needs our support
TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » BBC?s Sound Index is good, but we won?t get the data – Free our data campaigner Mike Butcher keeps on pushing
Speech to Google Zeitgeist Conference – [...]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 19th through May 20th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between May 19th and May 20th:
Slashdot | A Virtualized Linux System For Windows – If you can do this then you can build a 'hidden city' by getting virtual Linuxes to talk to each other by tunnelling over SSH.
AOL unveils Bebo integration plan | Media | guardian.co.uk – AOL's [...]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 15th through May 16th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between May 15th and May 16th:
Children in Virtual Worlds – Excellent programme – looking forward to this a lot.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Gilligan’s web – Excellent critical analysis by Nick, taking on Clay Shirky… always good to see this sort of debate
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Asking Shia
As part of the Seesmic Indiana Jones fest this morning we got to put a question to Shia Laboeuf, one of the stars of the film in Cannes for all the promotion.
Here’s the question (the sound quality is poor – sorry)
And here’s what he said in response
(embedding the video is messing up my page layout, [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Steven Spielberg interviewed on Seesmic
Steven Spielberg interviewed on Seesmic
Originally uploaded by BillT.
Gia and Sizemore are in Cannes interviewing cast and crew of Indiana Jones on Seesmic and posting to the timeline as live as they can – George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and the man. It’s a fascinating experiment in community interaction, with a lot of Twitter [...]
