technology

DEAR STEELY DAN

By tigtog on 2011-10-25

PLEASE GET YOUR SOUND ENGINEER TO TURN THE MAIN FADERS DOWN.

Multiple stacks of silver and bronze coloured coins, apparently euro cents.

Copyright hell: larrakins and astrologers

By Mary on 2011-10-07 • ( 7 )

Warner’s copyright troll acquisition Larrakin Music won the right to “Land Down Under” royalties in the High Court, and Astrolabe Inc shut down the widely used zoneinfo timezone database. Not the public interest’s best day in copyright-land.

Ada Lovelace woodcut engraving-style portrait

Ada Lovelace Day blasts from the past: the science and technology Hoydens

By Mary on 2011-10-07 • ( 5 )

I always enjoy spending Ada Lovelace Day reading about amazing women. Luckily there’s advance reading in the Friday Hoyden archives. I thought others might enjoy a round-up of Friday Hoydens past in science and technology too.

Some of this bloke’s friends will be defending him right now

By tigtog on 2011-09-28 • ( 13 )

Man admits to elaborate online stalking campaign against girlfriend: will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty at Southampton magistrates’ court on Monday to a charge of causing harassment, alarm or distress.

ObFacebookTickerLoathing: all that screenspace just for the boring stuff?

By tigtog on 2011-09-23 • ( 6 )

To me, this doesn’t sound like a problem that needs solving. If Facebook users aren’t sharing stuff because they worry it will bore their friends, good! Thank you, people of Facebook, for your restraint in choosing not to bore me.

But Zuckerberg couldn’t let this undersharing stand.

Tech tip: Instapaper

By Mary on 2011-09-09 • ( 9 )

For people who haven’t heard of it yet, Instapaper is a web application that turns web pages into an ebook for you.

That “Feminist Whore” code in Dead Island game: nice to see a proper apology

By tigtog on 2011-09-09 • ( 4 )

Others please take note. This is how an apology is done – regret and responsibility. No “if people were offended” bullshit where the responsibility for outrage is weaselled from the perpetrator(s) to those who call it out.

Redux: Hey, I’ve been busy, how about you?

By tigtog on 2011-08-02 • ( 5 )

Too busy for normal blogging, so I thought I’d let you in on some of the webwrangling work I’ve been doing:

Dear Tony Abbott

By tigtog on 2011-07-29 • ( 5 )

This is what carbon dioxide detectors look like before a technician puts them into a nice portable case with a meter attached. You can order one online for less than US$20.