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Squarecode

A square code which contains a link to this posting (via Goo.gl)

I hereby state that from henceforth on, the new-fangled ideogram that is setting itself up to replace the traditional bar code shall be called a squarecode.

Spell it with a capital or not. Put a space in it or not. Square Code. SquareCode. square code. Just call it “square code”.

I guess saying ‘Squarecode’ might cause some to change the pronunciation to Squ-AR-Eck-ode, or who knows what as language evolves. Let’s start it off as the same pronunciation as the two words separately: Square, Code. » Continue reading Squarecode »

Back to the (Oblong) Future

The TED conference is coming back to Oxford this July. I doubt I’ll go – I’d rather spend the $4500 (about same in UK pounds) on a holiday with my family! And the talks will be podcast in the autumn anyway. I keep a few of the interesting TED talks in our ‘Mostly Interesting‘ page.

However, they have posted a list of who will be talking there. One speaker caught my eye (the power of good branding?): oblong. You just want to find out what that company does. Oblong. Not square, not triangular. Oblong. Cool name. » Continue reading Back to the (Oblong) Future »

Knowledge Search

For once, I may be ahead of the curve!Â A friend tipped me off (okay, see, it wasn’t me after all; thanks Steve!) to a cool new search system that gives you knowledge results rather than internet page results.

You can throw math, medical, financial, geographical, you name it, questions at it.Â The output [...]

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Enough is enough: I'm ditching Coppermine.

Sadly, there has been yet another security problem with the program that I use to show you my photos and videos in the ‘gallery’ pages of this website.

I have gone through the hassle of its manual update procedure one too many times recently because of security [...]

VHS tapes, Nortel, Woolworths, and Ricardo Montalban

VHS tape

In the spirit of Jeopardy: “What is buried but once treasured?”

I read an article over the New Year holidays which stated that the last remaining distributor of VHS* tapes packed things in at the end of 2008. Gone forever now are the days of tapes getting tangled in the machine, or kids fitting the sandwiches into the tape slot, or horror! having to rewind after the movie finished (a distinguishing feature of VHS tape decks became how fast they rewound). » Continue reading VHS tapes, Nortel, Woolworths, and Ricardo Montalban »

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