December 2008
20 posts
iPhone games
I’m amazed how much gaming I do on my iPhone. Undoubtedly my favorite is Galcon, a Risk-style game but in a real-time strategy, rather than turn-based, mode. I was lucky enough to pick up Tris, a free version of Tetris, before it was pulled from the store. Tap Tap Dance is awesome; I get totally carries away tapping out DaftPunk tracks on the tube. I just bought Sim City; it’s...
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Official announcement of new member of Westaway...
Sooooo…… Stella Westaway was born at 5am Sunday 14th December. She weighed 8lb 3oz. It was a straightforward birth. We are all back at home now. Zac has already dubbed her Stella Umbrella.
Thinking of the dads
The new UCH is great for the dads. A fully reclining comfy chair is provided. I’m taking it home with me. Photo to follow.
GitTorrent Protocol
I just saw this article on slashdot:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1625226
I agree with everything they say here. We do need to be freed from the tyranny of the web server. It has become a bottleneck for performance and good engineering.
Git is a great approach to version control and cross fertilization with bit torrent throws open many possibilities.
Economic denial
I was relieved, last week, to meet a few people who share my deep pessimism about the recession we are in.
Now, I appreciate everyone “knows” we are in a serious recession. It’s plastered over every media outlet. Everyone talks about it.
But I don’t think people have emotionally and intellectually accepted the reality of what is to come. People think there will be a...
Local Food versus Fair Trade
The unblinking acceptance that the middle affluent have for food labelled either “Fair Trade” or “Local” is curious since they appeal to contradictory agendas.
If you think passing money to poor third world farmers is important, why not make it a general principle only to buy food from the third world? We could have a labelling scheme that guarantees a given food item was...