So the news is all over the web of Microsoft's acquisition of Multimap [http://news.google.co.uk/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=uk&q=Microsoft+buys+multimap&btnG=Search+News] . Having worked for Multimap briefly before joining Yahoo, I'm really…
I've had a Nokia E61 for about 6 months or so. When I first got it I updated the firmware to the latest version, and ever since I regretted not changing the product code so that I could get rid of the Vodafone branding on shutdown and start-up…
This probably won't make too much sense without the notes but here's the slides for the presentation I gave with Andrew Phillippo at Yahoo! Europe's front-end engineering conference. When I have a few spare moments I'll write a post covering the details…
Totally and utterly awesome, Link: http://xkcd.com/353/…
Just a note for myself as I'm bound to forget this it's very hidden away. Go to start type "netplwiz" in the search. Click the advanced tab and tick "Require users to press Ctrl+alt+delete"…
Recently I've been having interesting discussions with Ed [http://ejeliot.com] and Cyril [http://cyril.doussin.name/thoughts/] regarding some of the differences between PHP and Python and what makes each one special. So I'm interested to know what are the things you love about PHP…
Before updating OSX to 10.4.11 I decided to create a standalone Safari with the excellent instructions provided by Michel Fortin on his blog [http://michelf.com/weblog/2005/multi-safari/]. The main reason to keep Safari 2 is due to the need to continue to test sites with Safari…
A nice hack to make it possible to control your Wii with your fingers à la Minority Report [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/]. I'm wouldn't be at all surprised if someone at nintendo cribs this idea and starts marketing gloves with reflective fingertips and the…