An online notebook
An online notebook
Great piece from The Times on Arthur Miller, written by Erica Wagner. Thanks to John Naughton for the link. Why the 20th century was the century of Arthur Miller His dramatisation of the 17th-century Salem witch trials has continuing resonances…
What a terrible shame. ABC News: Playwright Arthur Miller Dies
Transcript of a talk by my favourite living novelist on (one of) my favourite dead novelist(s). Here.
Roy Keane has confirmed that he’ll be retiring when his contract runs out in 18 months’ time. Obviously, as a Forest fan, I’ve followed Keane’s career over the years, and I have to say I have never felt much antipathy…
Well, my trial has finished on FeedDemon, and at the moment I’ve decided not to go ahead and cough up, mainly for one very good reason: BlogLines, which suits me better because it is more portable. If I had a…
Another great column today from Bob Cringely, this time on the subject of the resignation/firing of Carly Fiorina as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Usually I come up with my own column topics, but sometimes readers simply demand that I write about…
Computer Weekly reports that large companies are being warned off switching to Firefox. The Gartner report said Firefox’s growth, so far, was “unsustainable” as many of the features that had made it popular were primarily aimed at individual users not…
In my absence I have been deluged with comment spam. Comments are now moderated, but I hope to get to them quickly. Not that there are terribly many…
Interesting post on Wikimedia here. Google Inc. has made a proposal to host some of the content of the Wikimedia projects. The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the board. The developer committee has been informed of…
I haven’t touched this thing for ages. Apologies all round. Have been shockingly busy at work and at home recently, and the PC at home just hasn’t been turned on for days now. Am also neglecting Palimpsest, which is naughty…