On Tuesday, the Chancellor Alistair Darling told Parliament that a “junior” member of staff at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs had downloaded the financial and personal records of 25,000,000 people, burned them onto a CD and posted them off. The emphasis was on the “junior” rank of the rogue individual who had done this:
It cannot […]
I love this government. They give me so much material to use when teaching kids how not to handle IT. I watched the Chancellor’s wretched apology in the Commons this morning with a tired kind of incredulity. It’s nothing more than par for the course under this Labour government.
What I found most remarkable, though, […]
The government which proposes to centralise all our information in a national ID Card database has managed to lose the bank account details of millions of people by sending two CDs in the post:
Two computer discs holding the personal details of all families in the UK with a child under 16 have gone missing. The […]
One of my favourite techniques for taking unusual shots is just to hod the camera by my side and fire it as I walk past. The technique only really works with wide-angle lenses, since they at least give you a fighting chance of getting the subject in the frame without looking.
Canon EOS 30D, Canon […]
I desperately want someone to do electronic books right and I thought Amazon might have been the ones to do it. Who else, in recent years, has brought publishing and technology together to create a win-win proposition for both the technologist and the publisher?
Unfortunately, Kindle is not that product.
Firstly, I’m not sure I want a […]
Someone asked me tonight whether they should buy the Canon EOS 400D or the Nikon D80. The only answer I could honestly give was “choose whichever one feels best in your hands”. Choose the one whose control layout falls under your fingers. Choose the one that feels right. Choose the one you like better.
Don’t […]
T-Mobile UK are clearly terrified of the iPhone. I’ve had a hacked iPhone running on their network for a few months now and was investigating the cost of selling that one and switching to a legit iPhone on O2, mainly to get one that will be properly supported before the SDK comes out. I […]
It’s hard at this time of the year, at this latitude, to do much photography outdoors without a tripod and a lot of warm clothing. I’ve been working on some indoor stuff, practicing my Strobist-fu and seeing where I can go with that stuff.
I’ve struggled to get April to pose for portraits, without turning it […]
Evan Williams writes about the factors that led him to the Valley and his take on the perceived need to ‘be there’. It’s an interesting topic for someone who lives thousands of miles away from the supposed epicentre of their chosen profession. One could argue that the Pacific Northwest is really the hub of […]
Congratulations to Craig Hockenberry and his co-conspirators at the Iconfactory on the release of Twitterrific 3. It looks like a great upgrade - I particularly like having your replies shown inline, even if you’re not following the other person.
The interesting part is that the new version is either paid-for ($15) or advertising-supported. Personally, I paid […]
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