Invest in “Errant in Iberia”
Ruth and I like listening to Ben and Marina’s Spanish podcasts in Notes from Spain, so I decided to buy the book he published last year about how he came to live in Spain. It seems to have become a … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Frog parking
(Spotted on Lenguas Entrelazadas, Carlos Ferrero Martín’s dual-language blog from Salamanca)
Push the Beeb to provide on-demand TV for non-Windows clients
The BBC plans to launch an on-demand TV service which uses software that will only be available to Windows users. If you’re a British resident or a British citizen, you might consider adding your name to the online petition to … Continue reading
How to repair your Canon Ixus
I noticed a link to this article in Handelsblatt (I think, today I can’t find it again) the day before yesterday. The article is very detailed with lots of photos and I’m sure that if you are good with a … Continue reading
The American Empire
Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America’s version of the colony is the military base; and by following the changing politics of global basing, one can learn much about our ever … Continue reading
Removing DRM from iTunes songs on the Mac
I do not like buying music with DRM (digital rights management, also known as copy protection). It is a real pain removing it from, for example, anything I buy from iTunes. There used to be a utility called JHymn, but … Continue reading
Op Art
Op Art opened in the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main yesterday. It contains optical illusions from the 1950′s and 1960′s by artists such as Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley, François Morellet, Julio Le Parc, and Gianni Colombo. We’re definitely planning … Continue reading
Spinning again
The White House / Pentagon spin machine has shifted up a gear with their attempts to convince us that Iran is really, really evil. How long until they or Israel attacks them? The Guardian thinks we probably have about a … Continue reading
SyncTogether
Our address book has been on our home computers since since the early-1990′s. First in Lotus Organiser, for a long time in an MS Access database, then in Act! and finally in Palm’s Desktop application, which we switched to when … Continue reading
Nice not to worry about what’s not your’s
It’s not surprising that the US army let looters clear out museums and hospitals after the fall of Baghdad – just look at these quotes from those responsible for losing track of up to $20bn in $100 bills that was … Continue reading