The Politicians’ Favourite Cell Phone

Recently in Italy, many of the power mongers here, including a good few politicians have had their mobile phone conversations tapped by Italy's law enforcement authorities, usually in connection with one of Italy's many ongoing scandals.Of course, having people listening in on telephone … [Read more...]

This Would be Useful

Well, I'd find it handy. What I'd like my email client to do would be to automatically, when requested, recognise dates and times and add them to whatever calendar system I'm using. I'm always receiving emails with this sort of information.  I know that there is a plugin thing for Outlook, but I … [Read more...]

Registering Domain Names in Italy. Dot com or dot it?

Recently Carlos, after reading this post possibly, contacted me to ask whether Italian sites use the .com and .it domain names. This was an interesting question and oddly enough I had been looking at the Alexa statistics for Italy's top 100 Internet sites recently and I noticed that both .com and … [Read more...]

I’ve Seen The Future

If you would like to see how we will be running our lives via computer in a wireless word, take a look at this: g.ho.stIt's a virtual desktop, and in the not so distant future I'm pretty sure everyone will be using one of these things.And do you know what? I like it, I like it a lot. And it is … [Read more...]

Using RSS – A Nice Video Explanation of How to Use RSS Feeds

This is a nice simple explanation of what RSS is. I shall be using this little video with my students.With thanks to the guys on the Common Craft site.And thanks to Juha Ylitalo over at his Juha Ylitalo Photography Blog for putting me onto this. … [Read more...]