Abundance
Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler Wow, what an interesting read. This was a gift from my youngest daughter and was quite…
Neural Links and Brain Machine Interfaces
If you aren’t already a fan, take a quick hop over to Wait But Why, a popular science blog that has a uniquely…
Miss me but let me go
It’s been a while, a long long while. My mum was diagnosed with cancer almost three years ago. The previous year my brother…
A multiplanetary species
SpaceX is a geeky company, there is no doubt. Their successful landings of the Falcon 9 rockets, both on land, and on a…
Systems Simulation Builder
This wasn’t my idea. Another team were doing something with converting screenshots into HTML device simulators. Essentially HTML, image maps, some JavaScript and…
Historic SpaceX Barge Landing
The Falcon has landed. On a moving barge in the middle of the ocean. This is the second successful landing of a SpaceX Falcon…
The dark side…OS X
I am crossing to the dark side. Yes, the force may be strong in this one. I have resisted for a long time.…
Ajax to XML Web Service
Recently I have been doing some browser/client side work, using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, integrating with a Learning Management Solution (LMS) and a…
Performance Web App on Azure
Sometimes you bring an idea to the table, and then roll with it. Other times, you are given a job to do, that…
Photo slideshow
I have been looking through my photos recently and testing out tools to make video slideshows from them. Below is my most recent one…
Futurism: Technologies you want to know about
The internet is awash with predictions of the future. But the really interesting things have their roots in what is happening right now. These…
Decline
The imminent nature of death, of a terminal illness and knowing you are loosing a loved one. Mostly you just deal with it. There…