Archive for the ‘Computing Technology’ Category
Monday, February 28th, 2005
Tim Bray disagreed with Stephen Downes but I found his suggestion of integrating FOAF into RSS feeds as a means to get beyond the single 'blogosphere' model intriguing. I'm not sure it's the best solution, or even particularly workable, but it is an attempt to get at the problems around ...
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
So yesterday I collected all the stuff that had accumulated in my departmental mailbox over the holidays - mainly library books. And there in the middle of it was an envelope from 'ICLS'. "What is ICLS?" I hear you ask? Why it's the Internet Corporation Listing Service, and they had ...
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
A friend pointed me towards this interesting site about the PLATO computer system/community that began at UIUC in 1973.
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Monday, January 3rd, 2005
I'd wondered why the only audio input devices for the iPod were of the voice-recorder/dictaphone variety. Now, via John Naughton I see that Apple has crippled the input limiting it to 8kHz. Of course there's a hack - consisting of a special Linux installation no less.
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
An interesting piece by the BBC on a WiFi network in Peru that is part of a development project assisting local farmers.
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
Wired has an interesting feature on BitTorrent including an interview with Brian Cohen. I've been fascinated by BitTorrent since I encountered it - far more than with other, earlier, P2P formats. In the manner in which it distributes the distribution burden it adds another link to the 'chain' that is ...
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Friday, December 17th, 2004
News from the UK that the BBC has asked for a stay on a decision to end analogue radio broadcasts. Unlike the US system (where stations will use an 'In Band On Channel' or IBOC system) Digital Radio in Europe (DAB) uses the Eureka-147 standard, which is based on a ...
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
Yes!. Ireland's doing quite well in terms of WiFi accessibility now - what with free wifi in the airports (and not just in the premium lounges!), and now free wifi in the areas around payphones. This despite Wifi not seeming to be used as much in Europe as it generally ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
APC has an interesting snippet on community technology centres in Croatia.
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Thursday, November 4th, 2004
OK, a little bit more than a 'feature'. Podcasting is all very well, and it makes it easy to choose the information that's pushed at you, and have it automatically moved to your library, so you can play it as you wish.
However, the actual distribution channel isn't changed - content ...
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