my thoughts
a bit like a blog, but with less opinion.
Test your typing game
Posted to Random thoughts by Dominic Winsor on 13 Feb 2003
Letters is a simple game where you must type letters as they appear, if you look at the keyboard you will find it quite difficult!
hannu.daug.net/letters/letters07.php
hannu.daug.net/letters/letters07.php
Why fair trade is good!
Posted
to Ethical Living
by Dominic Winsor
on 11 Feb 2003
Updated: 13 Feb 2003
Here is another account of life for a typical coffee farmer. World coffee prices have now become so low that the farmers are basically unable to afford to feed their own children! Syndicated farmers dealing with fair trade organisations get a much better deal.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2745629.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2745629.stm
Links for Sony Ericsson T68 users
Posted
to Technology
by Dominic Winsor
on 09 Feb 2003
Updated: 09 Feb 2003
I just got given a Sony Ericsson T68 phone (thanks Rob), which has all the features I need and many I don't - such as extreme personalisation! Themes editors and background pictures? Show me the GPRS and bluetooth stuff
There's plenty of forum and information sites out there, here are a couple of useful ones:
www.semuser.com
wap.sonyericsson.com
www.sonyericsson.com/uk/
There's plenty of forum and information sites out there, here are a couple of useful ones:
www.semuser.com
wap.sonyericsson.com
www.sonyericsson.com/uk/
Fair trade information
Posted
to Ethical Living
by Dominic Winsor
on 06 Feb 2003
Updated: 13 Feb 2003
A comprehensive source of information from Oxfam on the issues surrounding unfairly traded goods, and what you can do to help change things for the better.
www.maketradefair.com/
www.maketradefair.com/
Overclocking XScale Pocket PCs
Posted
to Random thoughts
by Dominic Winsor
on 05 Feb 2003
Updated: 13 Feb 2003
There's a number of utilities now available for Intel XScale based Pocket PC devices which allow you to alter the clock frequency of the CPU. There is some discussion as to whether this is actually overclocking, as the XScale chip seems to have been designed with the ability to simply switch speeds.
elevatedstudios.com/pocket/
wince.wibble-wobble.com/xscalectrl/
elevatedstudios.com/pocket/
wince.wibble-wobble.com/xscalectrl/
Thin, bright displays
Posted to Technology by Dominic Winsor on 28 Jan 2003
Here are a couple of pictures from the recent CES show, in which Sharp Electronics show a 12 inch OLED display. It appears to be incredibly thin (to the point of making LCD screens look bulky) bright and have a rapid response.
www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,7722
www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,7722
Info and articles for web developers
Posted
to Web dev
by Dominic Winsor
on 24 Jan 2003
Updated: 27 Nov 2003
How come I missed this site so far? It's been around since 1997! Seems like a handy place to check by and pick up tips. Start with this article on why using assertions in PHP is a good idea:
www.webmasterbase.com/article/1008
www.sitepoint.com/
www.webmasterbase.com/article/1008
www.sitepoint.com/
Sizing up the browsers...
Posted
to Web dev
by Dominic Winsor
on 22 Jan 2003
Updated: 27 Nov 2003
Here's a detailed review of designing for different web browsers. It covers canvas size, the relative sizes of text and form elements for each platform and browser. Now you can get a better idea of whether your design will work before you start to build it
hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a.html?tw=design
hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a.html?tw=design
Long distance wireless networks on the cheap
Posted to Technology by Dominic Winsor on 14 Jan 2003
Here's a story linked from Slashdot about a guy in Egypt who's built a wireless antenna for line-of-sight broadband access over 2km! It's a modified Pringles Can antenna.
www.d128.com/wireless/
www.d128.com/wireless/
Jakob Neilsen's top 10 web usability mistakes...
Posted to Usability by Dominic Winsor on 01 Jan 2003
Here's some more top stuff from Jakob Neilsen, this time illustrated!
www.useit.com/alertbox/20021223.html
www.useit.com/alertbox/20021223.html