Archive for April, 2007

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Structuring a memi

My original purpose in creating a prototype of a memi was to try to ascertain whether or not it would even be possible to build such a tool. I assumed that it was, but I was not certain. If it was possible, then I could explore my real interest, which was to test the memi’s use as a tool to be used in epedagogy.

Commodore 64 WordPress theme

BoingBoing have published a link to a WP theme that Cory Doctorow has called “endlessly fascinating and deliciously pointless”.

Women in web design

The percentage of women employed in the field is declining instead of growing. There are other disturbing figures too.

Stripe Generator

Somebody somewhere has created a stripe generator for you to use.

Rebranding: the nonsense continues

There is an article in today’s online Guardian that is entitled “Olympics can help UK rebrand itself”, says new cultural chief. I am surprised that people can still say this kind of stuff with a straight face.

British television viewing figures

A list of annual viewing figures (in percentages) for British television stations for the twenty five years from 1981 to 2006.

BugMeNot – disposable email

Yesterday I found BugMeNot, which provides a very simple and potentially very useful service.

PIMs, pdas and memi

I have been wondering about the limits of the memi, and the limits of my pda. So far I have been concentrating upon developing the memi as an enhanced information storage tool for housing thoughts and ideas, and found material. Logically, though, there is an argument that it should also replace the suite of personal information management tools that currently live on my Sony Clie.

Gun crime up 242% in the UK

The number of crimes in which a handgun was used in England and Wales has risen from 299 in 1995 to 1,024 last year. There are more detailed figures here too.

ZX Spectrum is 25 years old

I finished reading an article about the twenty fifth birthday of Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum – the tiny computer that most of Britain (including me) bought to begin their video-gaming experience. This set me thinking about the now almost-forgotten PiMan.