[Original Link] An article in the Guardian about some of the recent goings-on here in Cambridge.
Who’s picking up the Bill?
May 5th, 2002
Looking back, looking forward
May 1st, 2002
Over the last couple of days I’ve been moving from the now-deceased AT&T Labs Cambridge into the University of Cambridge Computer Lab, a reversal of the move I made 6 years ago, though the Computer Lab is now in its shiny new building. Very strange going back – many familar faces in a completely unfamiliar environment.
It’s exciting, too, though. One of the aims of my new company, Ellipsian, is to be very closely tied to the University and to find new ways for University projects and expertise to influence the outside world. And vice versa. We’re already starting to see some interesting possibilities…
Mobile Surprises
April 26th, 2002
Two surprises today.
The first is to discover that my new phone, a cheap and unassuming Ericsson T39, actually has a builtin POP email client and can be configured to send and receive email via my regular account over GPRS, which I’m starting to believe is therefore worth the rather high costs charged here in the UK.
Setting the phone up for a non-standard connection isn’t entirely trivial, though, and the second surprise, when I called my service provider, Orange, was to get through immediately to somebody who understood my rather technical questions and knew the answers. And this was just before midnight. Amazing!
More on the lab closure
April 22nd, 2002
[Original Link] Here’s the thread on Slashdot.
The news is out!
April 21st, 2002
[Original Link] John Naughton’s article on the closing of the lab where I’ve worked for the past six years.
Those witty young men in their flying machines.
April 20th, 2002
[Original Link] A nice story on John Naughton’s weblog.
A year ago…
April 20th, 2002
[Original Link] the press was covering the imminent demise of the Trojan Room Coffee Pot. I can’t believe it’s only a year. So much has happened since then. Nothing quite so momentous, of course 🙂
Mac OS X tip for the day
April 15th, 2002
[Original Link] This describes how to modify the Internet Explorer resources so that the IE location bar uses Google by default for searching. You just type a location of ‘? woody allen’, for example, to search.
I did this several months ago and use it every day; so much so that I’d forgotten it wasn’t the default behaviour. If you use IE on OS X, try this. Small hassle. Big rewards.
SMTPswitch
April 15th, 2002
[Original Link] Today I release my first ever Mac OS X utility! Wait – don’t get over-excited! It’s a simple bit of AppleScript which changes the SMTP server of all your Mail accounts at once; very handy if, like me, you have several accounts and move between networks frequently. Absolutely no use to anybody else.
Update:This really isn’t necessary on more recent versions of Mac OS X, so I’ve deleted it.
Impressions after riding a Segway
April 14th, 2002
[Original Link] Dan Bricklin, lucky chap, has had a really good play on a Segway and records his experiences.
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April 14th, 2002
Microsoft Hailstorm (aka World Domination v2.0) is dead!
New York Times story. [Memex 1.1] Bit of a non-starter, really. How many will mourn its passing?
BBC: Britons dash for broadband
April 14th, 2002
[Original Link] Jolly good show, I say. Takes quite a lot to make us dash for anything! But as somebody on Slashdot commented, this map paints a less enthralling picture.
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