In response to "Ode to a Preemptive Multitasking Kernel" I do things right, that's what I say. I take a thing: I let it run: It finishes, then off it goes. I take the next thing when it's done. My advantages are clear to see: Clarity, sureness, crispness, ease. I march on, forge ahead, in my… Continue reading A batch-processing system replies
A Watery City
A striking thing about the venues for the 2012 Olympics in London is that their locations make more sense when seen as connected by water rather than by road. The Olympic Park sits on the River Lea and a couple of its former working branches, and is bounded on one side by the Lee Navigation… Continue reading A Watery City
iPads in schools
Fraser Spiers remarks, in a review of the Google Nexus 7 tablet: My experience with two years of iPad in school is that the iPad can cover 99% of everything we want to do with a computer in school... the iPad can replace the computer suite I think the radical nature of his observation has… Continue reading iPads in schools
Good and bad of the Olympics, so far
Good The family and I went out to watch the Olympic women's cycling road race yesterday. We watched them zip past on the way out of town, and then I stuck around to wave them back again in the hammering rain. I really enjoyed it—you don't get to see a great deal, but cheering people… Continue reading Good and bad of the Olympics, so far
Updating into oblivion
I updated my Nokia 700 today. It's an unlocked, unbranded phone running Symbian Belle, that was advertised as having OS updates in February and April this year—but those updates never arrived. I eventually lost patience, and made the updates using underhand and possibly illegal tools. In an earlier post I said that I wasn't too… Continue reading Updating into oblivion
Late Adopter
Although I'm pretty aware of new technology and products, and I do try to maintain that awareness, I'm not at all an early adopter. I've found I have a pattern. Most of the time I learn about new things but actively resist engaging with them. I grumble about them for various minor offences, and then… Continue reading Late Adopter
The Breakfast Post 