Category Archives: Computing

Inserting unicode characters on Linux 0

If all you want to do is insert a special character like an em dash (—) or an ellipsis (…) in Linux you don’t need any special programs like scim or kcharselect, you simply;

#uksnow timelapse 0

I love snow, it makes everywhere look so beautiful and clean, plus it disrupts all those boring things like work and school. So I also love Ben Marsh’s Twitter mashup that plots #uksnow tagged tweets onto a map. Watching Ben’s map I itched to see the ebb, flow and movement of the tweets across the [...]

Facebook, MySpace & Twitter Connect Buttons 0

Cyberpilgrimage 0

I suspect there are many who would find it odd that religion and the Internet appear in the same sentence, let alone the same word. Yet I’m sure most would agree that the Internet is having profound effects on the world and that we are only just seeing the start of it. To remind ourselves [...]

What if Facebook was as open as Linux? 0

It all started with one simple thought, “I like the way that Facebook keeps me in touch with my friends, but I don’t like that it is a multi-million dollar, commercial business. Surely there must be another way?”