iPad and Me (and the Library)

This last week I finally got my hands on an iPad (apart from that one in the States) without visiting the Apple store and waiting in a terribly long line just to get a quick touch.
Turns out as part of the ‘emerging technologies’ strand of our Learner Support programme we get to buy awesome stuff [...]

The Third Degree

I made it into the Overview this month, here’s what I had to say:
What’s the best bit of advice you’ve ever received?
“Ask the librarian”, because even when they don’t know the answer they’re pretty good at pointing you in the right direction. It’d be that or “Knowledge is power, arm yourself”.
Who or what inspires you?
Evolution! [...]

The Future is Electronic – or is it?

I’m a fan of technology… always have been. From my Dad’s first home-made ‘beeb’ computer I used to play what I consider to be some of the best computer games of all time on, to my first film-loading camera, to my first Walkman, to my first (and only) Playstation, to my first mobile phone, to [...]

Translating the Revolution

Google have been providing their useful Google Translate service for quite a while now but today seems to be a rather special day. They’ve finally released a support for Persian, something I think is much more appropriate than colouring the Google logo green for a day – simply because this is it far more useful [...]

iPhone Web Apps

My two most visited websites now optimised for the iPhone. Genius!
lexrigby.com/heatworld.php and lexrigby.com/reddit.php

Feel free to steal them! What more could you need in life?