The Times has an excellent article on university education from a somewhat more sober perspective than usual. I do find it a bit strange that so many people are coming to university with the belief that it's going to get them a job. I know that my Philosophy degree isn't going to help me get employment. That's why I spend my time hacking web projects and open-source bits and pieces, and that's why I'm applying to do Computer Science at graduate level next year. But I'm interested in the subject, and I'm getting a lot out of it. It's hopefully making me a better person. A significant rethink is necessary on the position of the ex-polys. They really do suck. I say that as someone who has been to one for just under a year and left to go to an old university.2007-01-29T21:31:51Z
If you missed the excellent Louis Theroux show yesterday, read this article. I'm not sure what my favourite Weird Weekend show was - it's probably a toss-up between the muscle worship episode and the Ann Widdecombe episode. If he's making a come back, he ought to do a show on furries.2007-01-29T21:06:01Z
I just launched a new little site called Opiumfield Mobile. It has a tiny little mobile Twitter application (which is a bit half-finished, but will be finished very soon), and a London Tube Status page. I'll be adding other pages that pull data from the 'net and display them in tiny mobile-friendly XHTML pages.2007-01-29T21:00:16Z
Les has found an article which notes that the Upgrade version of Vista won't allow you to do a clean install. You better hope that your Vista installation never needs to be reinstalled. Someone at Microsoft dropped the ball. Windows licence does not equal Windows installation.2007-01-29T20:51:59Z
I've just put out the first episode of a show I recorded with Ian Forrester. You can download the MP3 here or subscribe to the feed. I've got a cool way of doing show notes which will be arriving soon.
I also write for the Citizendium, an online encyclopedia project. If you know about stuff, you should join in. I occasionally produce audio recordings for The Pod Delusion.
