I watched this evening’s Imagine, (Alan Yentob culture show) for two reasons. One, it had Tom Reynolds on it - all too briefly, in fact. He certainly got less screen time than a man with a mask on, and a guy who put a cravat on to blog.

And two, because it was about the internet: specifically, the world wide web. I find it amusing to watch ( Read more... )

I was introduced to the Micriobiology Bytes blog the other day. It contains interesting looks at microbiology stuff written for the layman.

It also has a podcast, which I subscribed to. In fact it has two: a normal MP3 feed and an ‘enhanced’ feed for iTunes sufferers users. The latter includes videos and stuff which standard MP3 players wouldn’t ( Read more... )

Junior O’Daniel: We could hire our own midget, even shorter than his.
Pappy O’Daniel: Wouldn’t we look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, bragging on our own midget, doesn’t matter how stumpy.

-Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Someone at Redmond needs to be shown the definition of Johnny-come lately.

Greasemonkey.

No, it's not a rude word, I promise. Nor am I talking about car mechanics. I tried to explain Greasemonkey - and why it's so damn cool - to two people yesterday and got nowhere really quickly. So I thought I'd try again in a more organised fashion. But starting at the beginning.

Greasemonkey is an extension for Firefox. (There are ( Read more... )