[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...
HKIA RFID Look what I found stuck to each of the pieces of my checked baggage when I reached Bangkok (I transited Hong Kong on my way from Perth). Seems they...
[http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2004/12/20/new_lab_for_social_computing_at_rit.php] I've always been fascinated by 'action at a distance' - there's a...
[http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink/20041221#the_canyons_and_the_plains] New today on SunMink : The Canyons and The Plains , thinking about the...
[http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=254] I'm really pleased to see that Poland blocked the software patent directive at the European...
[http://www.planetaportoalegre.net/publique/cgi/public/cgilua.exe/web/templates/htm/1P4OP/view.htm?infoid=9474] It was Andrew Orlowski who shrewdly noted that...
[http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink/20041222#heros_of_openoffice_for_mac] An early Christmas present for us Mac users - a cool new NeoOffice/J! Kudos to...
[http://rollerweblogger.org/page/roller/20041221#roller_1_0_goes_live] More goodies - Roller 1.0 goes live at blogs.sun.com - congratulations and thanks to...
[http://www.planetaportoalegre.net/publique/cgi/public/cgilua.exe/web/templates/htm/1P4OP/view.htm?infoid=9474] It was Andrew Orlowski who shrewdly noted that...
Is it just me or is the spam running high this week? I seem to have been getting 2x and 3x the normal quantity - nearly 400 this morning for example. -- Posted...
[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041228040645419] Looks like PJ is hard at work as usual. Seeing the Microsoft Litigation Resource Page over on...
[ American Red Cross ] Looks to me like the quickest and easiest way for most Americans (and other stragglers like me who have used Amazon.Com) to dontae money...
[http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/29/cory_responds_to_wir.html] Over on Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow responds to Wired Editor Chris Anderson over the issue of...
While the relief effort goes on in the Andaman Sea and beyond, I have been struck by the scale of the adjustment that the earth has undergone and is still...
[http://www.iacenter.org/tsunami.htm] I have been looking at the world map today and realised that the UK/US military base on Diego Garcia was directly in the...
Ooops. The title was the title of the posting that finally goaded me into writing & not my intened title :-) I have changed it on the blog to "conspiracy...
Using the images from DigitalGlobe , I've built an animation that shows the shocking, apocalyptic effect of the tsunami on Banda Aceh on the northern tip of...
... Whatever the truth? What makes you think that NOAA and others did not warn the regional gov'ts? How's about the truth that the Thai gov't, and others in...
... Reports say NOAA staff sent e-mail alerts to regional governments. I'm sure they were following procedures. ... I'm sure plenty of folk will blame them for...
... Yeah, but with short notice how are the authorities to effectively warn anything other than the tourist and business areas? Though I suppose every bit...
Simon, I expect Diego Garcia is surrounded by deep water so the wave didn't build to any appreciable height in the local area. The problems with tsunamis start...
That's certainly the official explanation - http://www.estripes.com/article.asp? section=104&article=25350&archive=true The thrust of this blog is also that...
Warmest New Year greetings to you! I was privileged to visit many new and interesting places in 2004 and have made valuable new friends; I am truly grateful. I...
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