Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Friday, December 15th, 2006
Right now the Painted Page exhibition at the new Folio Society Gallery @ the British Library is showing Images of medieval life in the Luttrell Psalter. You can view the original 13th Century illuminated mansuscript in the John Ritblat Gallery also at the BL.
The exhibition uses a mix of facsimile ...
Posted in British Library, Folio Society, Galleries and Exhibitions, History, Illuminated Manuscripts, John Ritblat Gallery, London, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medieval Art, Middle Ages, Social History, Technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
publictechnology.net are running a story on how silver surfers are bridging the ‘digital divide.'
A new survey in Wales undertaken as part of the ‘Broadband Wales Programme‘ suggests that 84% of respondents said they felt their online ability is generally underestimated particularly by the younger generation. Silver Surfers Week ...
Posted in News & info, Technology, UK, digital divide, knowledge society | 2 Comments »
Friday, April 21st, 2006
The 'first broadband environment channel' - green.tv has been online since the start of the month, and busy racking up the hits and enjoying lots of media attention. Backed by the UNEP, designed by large blue in collaboration with the espians, {featuring the first application of the ‘Protoplex’}, green.tv ...
Posted in Cool Stuff, Europe, Media, News & info, Technology, UK | 7 Comments »
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
the open food coop project is currently being developed. you can follow the development process here on the Open Food Coop DevBlog.
Posted in News & info, Technology, open food coop | No Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
you may have noticed a new addition to my links over on the sidebar - my del.icio.us
I've just started it recently, so it's very short and sweet - but watch the space as it will be growing exponentially, i'm having lot's of fun with it.
Posted in Internet, News & info, Technology, semantic web | No Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Everyone!! - Please note that this site is optimized for Firefox not Internet Explorer. Sorry about that - but i'm using WordPress and it does appear to have a few glitches when viewed through IE6 for example. Thanks to Ju for pointing that out. Please download firefox for the ultimate ...
Posted in Blog software, Blogging, Technology, Thoughts, WordPress, browser, firefox | No Comments »
Friday, January 27th, 2006
is a good way of putting it. so now my hand's been bitten, my custom's going somewhere else. Bye Bye Google Bye Bye..
oh yeah and i daresay if anyone has any bright ideas re: protests outside google's offices in London - this is where they are:
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace ...
Posted in China, Globalization, Google, Independent Media, Information Society, Internet Policy, News & info, Technology, World Affairs: politics and news, censorship, google china | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Google is to launch a censored version of its search engine for China. what a bunch of bloody hypocrites.
google are cunts. yes i've decided. do you think we could have a version of the 'london underground are cunts' song for them? i reckon we might be able to ...
Posted in China, Google, Information Society, Internet Policy, News & info, Technology, Thoughts, World Affairs: politics and news, censorship | 6 Comments »
Monday, November 21st, 2005
the second phase of the UN World Summit on Information Society convened by the International Telecommunications Union - has just concluded last weekend - in Tunisia. the ITU is a UN agency, and the first phase of the WSIS was held ages ago ( alright in 2003) in ...
Posted in Information Society, News & info, Technology, World Affairs: politics and news | No Comments »
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
re: the quite amusing exchange on this blog - in the comments on the "Stella" post : i wanted to say a couple of things. actually quite a lot of things. im sure there will be quite a few posts on this theme which is another one of my ...
Posted in News & info, Technology, society and sociology | No Comments »