Rediscovering Google Buzz
A relatively new online acquaintance popped up on my screen this morning asking “who is this Jonathan Beckett, and why is he so interesting?” - the ensuing c...
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A Good Deed For The Day
Quite by chance this morning I decided to get my hair cut. Knowing that the place I normally go wouldn’t be open until at least 9am, I completed the school r...
William Henry Gates Becomes A Modern Hero
During my final year at college, we were ushered into the server room one day to look at a desktop machine running a new operating system. An alien interface...
Want To Know A Secret Steve Jobs Study Is Just As Untidy As Yours
When I first saw the photo below, I thought “YES!”…
Oh No Not More Random Questions
In keeping with the seemingly insatiable appetite for the mundane, I present another selection of random questions with my two penneth shared…
Aboutme Lets Me Through The Doors
A little while ago I signed up for a new internet “landing page” service thing, and then promptly forgot all about it. Just before collapsing into bed last n...
Thinking About Giving The Blog A Title
This blog doesn’t really have a title, does it. “jonbeckett @ wordpress” kind of states the obvious. Although the URL is deliberately in-line with my twitter...
Ignorance Of The Origins Of The Internet
I’ve just been reading this article in a national newspaper, covering Vint Cerf’s remarks about the IPv4 addresses running out. The article is fine, and the ...
Where For Art Thou Saturday
Oh Saturday, Saturday, where for art thou Saturday?
So Heres The Thing
This month I’m taking part in “National Blog Posting Month” - also known as NaBloPoMo. There’s a website hosted at Ning, and a lot of bloggers taking part… o...