Well doesn’t 2 years go fast sometimes? But when you are waiting for your mobile phone contract to expire it seems to last forever, especially the last few months. Having just reached the end of my contract it has been time to upgrade, and with all the new phone and operating system launches in [...]
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Dennis Ritchie–RIP
Posted in Education, Science, Technology on 13 October 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just read Herb Sutter’s post that Dennis passed away. This is another huge loss for the technology scene over recent weeks. For me, arguably even more pertinent and more relevant than Steve Jobs. Even though I respect what Steve did with Apple, and have used his products at various times over the years (including trying [...]
Phone Hacking and Security Awareness or Not
Posted in lifehack, Mind Musings, News, Security, Technology on 30 September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s enough to send a techie mad, all this talk about phone hacking. We all know that it is not really about hacking a person’s phone but simply getting access to their voicemail by assuming that the majority of people don’t change the default pass code on their voicemail, so armed with someone’s mobile phone [...]
Professions ‘reserved for rich’?
Posted in Education, Technology on 23 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Warning! Potential political points may be made! The BBC recently published an article suggesting that Professions ‘reserved for rich’ discussing the fact that top professions such as law and medicine are in fact being reserved for a smaller rather than large pool of people. And then you read about the government’s threat to independent schools [...]
Join In – Save Jodrell Bank
Posted in Education, Mind Musings, Policy, Science, Technology on 18 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Again we have the problem of the UK missing the point in putting Science development on the Agenda with the plan to remove critical funding for Jodrell Bank’s future in being able to make new discoveries. For the sake of £2.5m funding the whole future of not only Jodrell but the whole of the UK [...]
