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...
... Yes, it smacks of deja vu, but "Peter and The Wolf" has a message for both liars and listeners. If there were an malicious intent by a wolf, what better...
[http://feeds.feedburner.com/Webmink] This is mainly a message to people who read Webmink via an aggregator. I have a huge itinerary coming up (including...
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4028363.stm] I admit I considered going to London today to attend the Apple Store opening but it looks from reports as if I...
Seems my ISP has a full mail spool and anyone e-mailing me is getting bounce messages. Please use my work address (webmink at sun dot com) or my GMail address...
Leaf-fall at City Hall New York on Tuesday was surprisingly beautiful. I walked down Broadway and stopped at City Hall, where I was fortunate enough to be...
Seasonal stop lights Meanwhile, the entire population of New York seemed to have taken to the road and started the rush to parental homes to feast on turkey....
... LOL :-) Perhaps if your ancestors hadn't cut down all of your Oak trees, you'd understand. ;-) All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep Saying,...
Jobim & Son I had a great opportunity today to see the Java platform in action in a project to preserve and publish the personal library of the great...
Visiting the Jobim Foundation made some thoughts resonate from last week. Paulo's burden in securing the rights he needs to publish his father's heritage on...
[http://www.o.ne.tz/pressrelease_en.php] Hey world - 90 million people just got the chance to use an office suite in their own language! The release of Jambo...
Sky Tower at Christmas On my way to speak at the Evolve conference in Brisbane, I stopped briefly in Auckland for a business meeting. I like Auckland - it...
[http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041207.html] Seems Astronomy Picture of the Day is puzzling over a strange picture . No mystery; it's just me arriving in...
[http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10358943.htm] Note to self: there is no such thing as a 'defensive patent ', only an offensive patent waiting...
[http://www.creekstonefarmspremiumbeef.com/csf_response.html] The USA has had almost no reports of BSE in its cattle. Is this because of great animal...
[http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1742085,00.asp] I'll not be sending any e-cards this Christmas, and I'll not be opening any I'm sent - they are a primary...
[http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink/20041216#ip_rights_property_or_mineral] Just posted over on SunMink on "IP Rights - Property or Mineral" - why open...
[http://www.mozilla.org/images/nyt_ad_large_2004.png] I'm proud as can be to see that, among the credits for the full-spread ad for Firefox that ran in the New...