[http://www.cafepress.com/mink05] Lots of people have said kind things about the photographs I've included here - some have even said I should publish them....
I heard Mindy Smith on Radio Paradise and I like what I heard. Try especially 'Come To Jesus' - sends chills down my spine. Don't worry, it's not typical of...
If you have iTunes installed, go right now and watch the video Sarah McLachlan has just produced for 'World on Fire'. Really. It's a 'total perspective...
If you have iTunes installed, go right now and watch the video Sarah McLachlan has just produced for 'World on Fire'. Really. It's a 'total perspective...
Rare Statue I was especially moved today walking through St Martin's Place in London and seeing again the statue of Nurse Edith Cavell . In those days where...
I greatly appreciated a posting that geek wunderkind Aaron Swartz posted a little while ago, on Framing the Media . In it he abstracts from George Lakoff to...
The "free trial" idea has claimed another victim. I just paid for a Flickr account because I find I like the community and I'm posting roughly one a day like...
William Gibson gave up blogging on Friday, September 12, 2003 because he found he was expressing too much of himself online and it was detracting from his real...
Togetherness My apologies for being a bit quiet here the last 10 days or so - I have been feeling pretty low and the thought of sharing online has been among...
[http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink/20041021] Just posted a work-related item (about software pricing) on SunMink, take a look. -- Posted by Simon to...
Moroni on grey A great night out last night in Salt Lake City - my thanks to the Utah Java Users' Group for a warm welcome and a large and attentive turn-out....
Isolation I've been driving down from the Bay Area to LA over the weekend, and took the coast road - a long drive in isolation. Couldn't get a room at the...
This week I'm high in the mountains in Colorado at the 13th Colorado Software Summit , my favourite technology event of the year where I've been privileged to...
I've just posted on SunMink about the fact that you don't have to be a thief to get the best software for free any more... -- Posted by Simon to WebMink at...
The previous posting on this list wasn't from me - it was a random virus using the auto- post address that Yahoo's rather insecure system is set up to accept...
Jack As a child I was never really aware of Halloween (as far as I remember - my parents may correct me!) and that's the way it's stayed now I am grown up with...
For a summary of the campaigning for the US elections, you can't do much better than Jib Jab 's take on Woody Guthrie, and now they have their version of "This...
As a family we have all enjoyed the Myst series of computer games, and I was especially pleased to see the new Myst 4 on sale at the Apple store last week so...
Today's article in The Register on the phishing vulnerabilities that tabbed browsing creates is essential reading and only serves to amplify what Jonathan says...
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/americas/04/vote_usa/map/html/default.stm] The BBC website has a cool interactive US election map complete with the...
The final, extended part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is finally available for pre-order from Amazon [ UK | US | CA ] . The real question of course is what...
Yes, I am still alive. I spent much of the week attending events in Brussels related to software patents, and the hotel and venues all offered such dreadful...
Sitting listening to "eMOTIVe", the new album by A Perfect Circle [ US | UK ] , which arrived this morning. It won't be to everyone's taste (although the...
I commented on this elsewhere, but just saw a line of icons on the bottom of a page that said it all for me. People have pain points today - spyware, virus...
I've no idea who has started the libel campaign against Liz Lawley (because that's what it is, ignore the cyber-trappings), but whoever it is needs to realise...
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4014597.stm] Smoking ban proposed for England Yes!! In Holland right now and there doesn't seem to be a corner not invaded...
[http://www.flickr.com/groups/technique/] Best place to hang out on Flickr last week? Squared Circle (run the slide show on the group pool!) Best place this...