Bad PR mojo
Blog I'm a hack. I get lots of press releases. Many are cheeky. That can usually be blamed on the PR's client being cheeky in its claims, or something to that effect. As opposed to this unctuous... [22 Jul 2008]
Two takes on reality
Blog Today was my first one on the job, and enormous fun. I can recommend being editor as a way to stimulate the little grey cells - I blinked at around five o'clock and realised that the day had passed... [16 Jul 2008]
I for one welcome our new overlor... oh, hold on, that's me
Blog Bit of a change of plan here at Goodwins Central. After getting on for more than a decade and a half doing basically the same job of technology editor – albeit for four different publications and... [14 Jul 2008]
And the winner is Tim Berners-Lee
Blog The best clerihew celebrates, not Bill Gates, but a paragon whose contribution to IT has empowered all of us to create great and worthwhile things. Over at Miss Conduct, the winner is... [12 Jul 2008]
SFF PCs
Blog The audio system that I’m building requires 2 low-power computers: 1 for the touchscreen controller (not using an iPod Touch for the moment) and 1 to act as a webserver and serial-console... [10 Jul 2008]
Dialogue Box 4.1: A unique peek at a bright LED future 
Video Last year, we wanted it. This year, we've got it. In the first of a brand new series of Dialogue Box, Charles and Rupert throw light on a revolutionary new LED technology that gives you more than just a glow [08 Jul 2008]
Coming Soon: Dialogue Box Series 4
Blog Believe it or not (and we have trouble believing it ourselves) Dialogue Box has been recommissioned for a fourth series — and we didn't have to resort to Alan Partridge-style babbling about 'Monkey... [03 Jul 2008]
Founders at Work
Review Most startups have no idea where they are going, but getting there is entertaining. In this book, Jessica Livingstone extracts candid interviews from the founders of 32 high-tech start-ups. [19 Jun 2008]
Almost there with the audio system
Blog Yesterday I completed and successfully tested the control software for the audio system. The software works with the matrix switcher and the APC MasterSwitch remote control PDU to allow the... [18 Jun 2008]
Switch consolidation
Blog We recently had our latest electricity bill in, and it was pretty huge. To try to reduce the next bill, reduce the heat output of the cabinet and speed up the network I decided to combine 5... [18 Jun 2008]
Digital Dinosaurs.
Blog There is a cartoon series that has gone from the funny pages here in the US a number of years ago named “Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson. Calvin was a boy that had an incredible imagination... [12 Jun 2008]
What exactly that egg thrower said to Ballmer
Blog You have probably already seen the video of Steve Ballmer getting egged in Budapest - but trying to work out what the egger was saying to the eggee isn't too easy - especially if you don't speak... [22 May 2008]
The Myths of Innovation
Review The best way to get a good idea, according to this book, is to have lots of ideas and be prepared to accept failure. It may not be so romantic, but Archimedes-like 'eureka' moments are the exception. [19 May 2008]
Dialogue Box 3.10: Memory lane
Video There are a number of runners and riders in the next-generation memory stakes; Dialogue Box has the inside track, plus highlights from series 3 [13 May 2008]
Babbage's Difference Engine No 2 brought to life 
Photo The computing curator of London's Science Museum has spearheaded the construction of Charles Babbage's masterpiece, 150 years after its design [12 May 2008]
Rugged or Heavy Duty?
Talkback There are a number of handsets that claim to meet 'ruggedness' standards but which in fact are really only heavy duty phones - It seems the Sonim handset fits into this category - it is still a... [11 May 2008]
Hitch with the audio system
Blog Today I started development of the software to control the whole-house audio system. It’s written in C# and based on the MiniHttpd project - a small but powerful implementation of a web server in... [10 May 2008]
Successful test of audio over CAT5
Blog I have just successfuly tested transmission of near-line-level audio over the cat5 cables I’ve recently finished installing. The amplifiers and matrix switcher have been installed for a while,... [10 May 2008]
Neil Young demos Java multimedia project
Video At JavaOne, veteran rocker Neil Young shows off a multimedia project, using Java and Blu-ray technology, spanning his music career [07 May 2008]
Dialogue Box 3.9: JCB phone torture test
Video Dialogue Box deconstructs Sonim's JCB-branded phone, first in the studio and then by running it over with a truck [07 May 2008]
