http://domi.co.uk technology, music, photography, news Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:26:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you ever notice that the bread from Ikea is made in a place called Bredbyn in Sweden? ;) http://domi.co.uk/2008/04/22/bredbyn/ Photo by ucumari Says the BBC. Who knew gibbons had a council? [bbc] http://domi.co.uk/2008/04/13/gibbons-council-shake-up-option/ Nice watches on ebay at Poljot Watches, and if you're a penguin-bothering type of geek, especially this one, with 24-hour dial *and* penguins! http://domi.co.uk/2008/04/05/analogue-watch-for-the-linux-geek-in-your-life/ *Photo by Csaba_Bajko* I'm not too bad with timetracking these days. I use Billable for invoicing and as long as I keep a vague eye on the time, and add the hours into Billable as they're spent it's not too much of a bind. Recently, though, I've started using a ... http://domi.co.uk/2008/04/03/tracking-my-time/ Trying to buy a Wifi connection card last night (or this morning, to be precise) I got a message from Telefonica's online shop: "Store open between 12:00 and 07:00"! What, the shopkeeper needs some downtime? I'll refrain from saying "bloody typical". Oops, just did... http://domi.co.uk/2008/03/23/open-all-hours/ 3G? http://domi.co.uk/2008/03/20/hmmm-latency/ Hero to every geek, most likely, and certainly one of mine. 90 isn't a bad age for anyone, I think, and if you happen to be able meld science fiction and "real" science for most of that time, unbeatable. I think the fact that he wrote sci-fi that was so fact-checked ... http://domi.co.uk/2008/03/19/arthur-c-clarke/ This is an interesting idea, that seems slightly mad at first, then starts to make perfect sense once you think about it. Then it seems really obvious. Then it makes me think about that fact that I already provide this service to family members! Cool. http://domi.co.uk/2008/03/04/question-box-one-key-no-screen-internet/ Fairly surprisingly (no, really *bloody* amazingly) the IE team has decided to make IE8 "interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can". This is a welcome change (although we're *still* having to make things work for IE6, of course!) What's interesting about it is the willingness to put ... http://domi.co.uk/2008/03/04/ie8-wants-to-be-free/ Flicking through the in-flight mag on Monarch ZB516 I came across a chilling truth. http://domi.co.uk/2008/01/04/truth-in-journalism/