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2010.05.11 / standards: With all the fuss in the tech press about Flash, HTML5 and H.264 et al, it's easy to get caught up in the buzz.
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2010.04.30 / I think we're there: I just upgraded the server hosting this blog from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04.
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2010.04.29 / Hacking: Hacking Your Bank
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2010.04.26 / RE: Missed Opportunities: What If You Had Bought Apple Stock Instead of That Apple Product? [via DF]
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2010.04.19 / Missed opportunity: It strikes me that with the giant ash cloud hanging over Europe, the UK has missed an opportunity that Spain appears to be about to capitalise on.
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2010.04.19 / Saving the planet, 1 volcano at a time: CO2 emissions, planes vs. volcano
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2010.03.29 / Creation: It occurs to me that I haven't 'created' anything for some time. My website is largely stagnant and my iPhone applications sit half-finished.
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2010.03.25 / Cyborgs: ...
2010.03.19 / Dear 221.214.180.169: My FTP server doesn't have a user called Administrator, I'm not fucking stupid.
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2010.03.19 / RE: Chat Roulette: I tried it, I was judged, I judged.
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2010.03.18 / Chat Roulette: This is really worth watching (via DF)
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2010.03.17 / e-ink: Color E Ink coming at the end of the year
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2010.03.11 / Interesting: iPhone OS 4 may finally bring multitasking nirvana
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2010.03.09 / Bargain!: MacHeist
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2010.03.09 / Why I'm happy my iPhone is locked: Vodafone distributes mariposa (via DF)
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2010.03.09 / Open Sessame: The best electronic key is the one you always have with you
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2010.03.08 / Advertising: This morning, I started a short journey on John Gruber's blog. From there, I read Rob Sayre's post, which finally lead me to click the ARS link, although I would have found the article myself further down my feed list.
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2010.02.25 / More on User Experience: HCI was a faculty in the University I attended and I remember the seat I chose in the lecture theatre they used for the module I took with them.
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2010.02.12 / Five Years: I was informed yesterday by a friend that today is the 5 year anniversary of our first foray into the World of Warcraft.
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2010.02.08 / AR in Lego: I came across this via Derren Brown's Blog
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2010.02.03 / 3 hours 3 rolls and a whole lotta fun: My D&D group met up last night for the first time this year. Being an adult sucks when work and family and all that grown-up stuff gets in the way of having fun.
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2010.02.03 / Widgets: Widgets on iPhone 4.0 OS
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2010.02.02 / User Experience: There's a button on my laptop that doesn't work.
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2010.02.01 / Old World vs New World computing: Old World vs New World computing
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2010.01.30 / On multitasking: Reading around various commentaries on the iPad one criticism in particular stands out, it's usually the first thing the tech writers mention, as if it's some horrifically fatal flaw.
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2010.01.28 / Apple iPad: So Apple announced the iPad yesterday.
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2010.01.27 / Viruses: This XKCD comic made me think about viruses. It's interesting, viruses are kind of a household name really, I'd say that the vast majority of computer users understand that viruses are something that can happen to them, even if they don't know how or why, or what to do to prevent against them etc etc.
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2010.01.22 / Apple: Tycho wrote a little something about the Apple Tablet on Penny Arcade.
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2010.01.15 / Apple Tablet: I'm never going to be a major source of news, so I don't rush to post about all the KoOL N3W StuFFS! but I'm getting quite excited about the prospect of an Apple Tablet of some description.
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2010.01.09 / Running your own server is easy...: ...isn't it?
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2010.01.08 / Retro-gaming - Alien Breed: Alien Breed - Fantastic classic Amiga game, reborn on the Xbox.
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2010.01.07 / New Server: I've spent the last week or so moving my website onto a new server. Previously I was hosted on a shared server somewhere in Germany but I've outgrown it now, I want to be able to implement my own cool stuff behind the scenes, not just work around with what I've been given.
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SurfaceScapes Gameplay Session from Surfacescapes on Vimeo.

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2009.11.28 / Starships: Charles Stross posted an essay on his blog yesterday investigating some of the issues with space travel. It's difficult to disagree with his analysis of the issues with space travel, which I find bitterly disappointing!
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2009.11.16 / Replacing Office: Writing slightly behind the curve as usual. Google made some comments this month that their Docs system is making a push in the next year to properly replace traditional desktop office software.
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2009.11.09 / Energy: I read an interesting book about energy and the world's worrying lack of it a while ago.
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2009.10.24 / Technology in Education: Early last week I was asked to write an article for an e-learning blog. I'm not sure if they used it in the end so I thought I'd publish it here:
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2009.09.27 / Dungeons and Dragons: A few months ago, after listening to the Penny Arcade podcast that Wizards put together, my geek threshold was activated and I went out and bought myself the 4th Edition books.
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2009.05.18 / New Blog: I've had this website for quite some time now. In that time I've hosted various different blogs, all of my own creation.
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