Wikipedia on FireFox

With the Google Toolbar for Firefox installed, I never use the little search box built into the browser on the right of the address bar. But since I had a play around, I found that by visiting here, I could search Wikipedia straight from Firefox. I didn’t realise how useful this was until this morning … Keep reading

Google Office to be announced today?

Looks like some sort of announcement will be imminent. An online office suite is a very smart move by Google – whilst it couldn’t be as fully featured as the current version of OpenOffice.org, let alone MS Office, for the majority of users what would be on offer would be more than enough. Here’s where … Keep reading

Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents

Reporters Without Borders have a handbook downloadable or viewable on their website on blogging aimed at political dissidents and the like, offering advice on staying anonymous along with the usual stuff: Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them. Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new … Keep reading

Ironbridge

The three of us went for a trip to Ironbridge, near Telford, with my parents a couple of weekends ago, and a fun time was had by all. More photos on my flickr page.

Palimpsest 2.0

My quietness of late is largely down to the massive amount of work I have been putting into Palimpsest, head over there and take a look for yourself. Basically, the old phpBB forum software just wasn’t up to the job. I think that when they get round to releasing version 3 this might chnage, but … Keep reading