As you may realise, I use the free Google Sketchup to create designs and 3D models for our house. It is an awesome programme, no doubt. It is incredibly easy to use when you have no idea how traditional CAD software works. There is hardly any jargon and only few tools that do something not […]
We have finally, pretty much, agreed on all the details for our house project and are ready to apply for planning permission. If you have seen the earlier plans, then you will notive that the new extension is much more contemporary in style than we had originally planned. This is really a result of thinking […]
If you are into writing AJAX apps and unit testing, you should check out Dr Adam Connors and Joe Walnes on this subject. The Doctor is my desk neighbour and thus rocks. Joe is a force of nature all by himself.
My former boss Lloyd posted an entertaining summary of a focus group he attended at the DTI about disruptive technologies and the publishing industry. I am always fascinated by discussions like this. When people who’s business is changing at light speed and who are in some cases driven out of it because of technological change […]
…because it has an XHTML version for my mobile.
I am the dream user for any mobile service. I spend 2 hours every day on a packed commuter train, travelling in and out of London. So I actually have the time to play with all sorts of stuff on my phone. I read personal and corporate […]
Yesterday I was looking at my logs and found, to my surprise, that one of the top referers to my blog is a page on a website called terrorismcentral.com! Of course, I was alarmed. After all, these days you canot be careful enough. Turns out that my namesake Marcus A. Foster, an Oakland, CA educator […]
Eating here makes you realise what animals in a zoo must feel like. Huge crowds gather around the conveyer belt and your table to stare at this exotic Japanese fish food, ask questions and point at the chopsticks in amazement. Still, Felix loves it there, especially the aubergine, the pumpkin and the chicken salad. […]
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