A nice little piece about how great software patents are over at DNA Lounge. Mumble, mumble, diversity, innovation, mumble.
Category Archives: General Musings
A Festival of Sport
Tomorrow is looking to be a poor day for the cushions on our sofa. In chronological order I shall be watching; The Super 12 Final – Rugby Union England v New Zealand in the first test at Lords – Cricket The FA Cup Final, Man Utd v Milwall – Football The Parker Pen Cup Final …
Random Announcements
For no reason other than I can, henceforth my first born son will be referred to on this here web site as "Jumpers For Goal Posts" (or JFGP for short). There is a reason, but I’m sure my culture savvy readers won’t need me to explain it.
Bizarre But Strangely Good
I’ve just forked out a small fortune for the latest Ben Folds ep’s. They are called Speed Graphic and Sunny 16 (sorry no URL for the second one). As usual with Mr Folds work they are interesting, moving, thought provoking and just darn good. Top marks, however, go to the first track on Speed Graphic, …
More Outrage
Did I mention that software patents get my goat almost as much as ID cards? I’ll get me coat.
Roman Holiday
We are back from a romantic weekend in Rome. We went child free courtesy of Outraged and the IMoT. As you can see from the photo SWMBO didn’t fret about the parting at all, this is just one of the calls she made to check that number one son was prospering. I, of course, had …
Movement in the air
Just a short note to let you, dear reader, know that a couple of the links in my sidebar are now working. I’ve had no complaints, but if you had tried the links to Jonathan James Palmer or Ciaran Hennessy recently you would not have had a great deal of joy. Luckily for us the …
Weekend Photos
In the comments to my last gadget post Mrs Buck asks for some evidence of my camera use. After a weekend of heavy snapping I added over a hundred photos to my library – and that’s after a little judicious culling of images. But unless I give proof no one will believe me, There are …
Technical Advice
As I’m known as someone who has a bit of inkling into the world of technology friends and family often ask my advice. After they have signed the non-disclosure agreement and agreed to my very reasonable fee structure (available on request) they get the benefit of my "wisdom". This weekend was no different. We spent …
False Identity For Life
Chris Applegate has an interesting take on the home secretary’s latest ID card justification. Well, at least we know now how to deter anyone wishing harm on the country – unless they are a member of the cabinet of course. [Courtesy of the ever vigilant Simon Brunning] Oh, and in case you thought that death …