Computing

Went on a course today (in Bristol! 3 hours drive! Still, beautiful scenery) to have a look at Snap, a piece of survey (as in questionnaires) software. It was a good course, and introduced all the various elements pretty quickly. A couple of things annoyed me though. Firstly, the fact that the tutor had to … Keep reading

This from BBC News: A South Korean man has died after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks. The 28-year-old man collapsed after playing the game Starcraft at an internet cafe in the city of Taegu, according to South Korean authorities. The man had not slept properly, and had eaten … Keep reading

Finally got a desk for the laptop to go on last weekend, which meant that I could get a mouse at long last too – after all, there isn’t much point in having on if the thing is on your knees all the time. It has made using the PC a far, far more enjoyable … Keep reading

Since upgrading to Itunes 4.9 I have been attached to the US store and not the UK one and am unable to buy any music. Anyone have this problem? What have I done wrong?!? 🙁

Interesting article in today’s Guardian Online supplement: Just when the government badly needs to show its competence at running large IT-based projects, along comes another wave of bad news. On Tuesday, parliamentary questions revealed that the cost of running Inland Revenue tax credits has risen tenfold over four years. Also this week, an influential committee … Keep reading