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Living where I do in the bottom of the Calder Valley, DAB radio has never really cut it. I’ve tried it on several occasions and the reception is very poor, which is a shame because I love listening to the radio. It’s been quite frustrating hearing others go on about stations like 6 music [...]
Sorry for yet another extended period of silence on my blog. I know that I have at least two(!) readers and I should try to stick to my new year’s resolution and write more.
Anyway, one of the reasons I’ve not been posting is a sense of shame, mostly caused by the shiny new Macbook Pro laptop [...]
I’m writing this on the train back from London where I’ve just had an excellent afternoon visiting the London Hacklab with my old friends James Stevens and Ian Morrison. The Hacklab is a not-for-profit organisation that encourages experimentation and innovation across a huge range of areas ranging from Computing to Bio science, [...]
Sad news this week – Steve Jobs finally succumbed to his illness, after struggling on for years while appearing increasingly frail and fragile.
The media reaction has been remarkable, with everyone from president Obama to Bono eulogising the great man.
So far, I have only encountered one dissenting voice, and surprise surprise, it’s Doctor Richard [...]
Ten years ago, I attended the Code conference at Cambridge University.
The conference featured talks by some of most important people in Free Software and Open Source, including Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens and Bob Young.
I attended on [...]
The alternate net we need, and how we can build it ourselves from FreedomBox Foundation on Vimeo.
What with the recent censorship threats from Mr Cameron resulting from the riots, the question of Freedom on the network is becoming more relevant everyday. The Freedom Box project is the [...]
