- NetNewsWire and iPhone-Sized Data – "Lesson learned: It’s not enough for an iPhone app to sport an iPhone-optimized user interface. It needs iPhone-sized data, too." I agree with this in principle but I've been thinking how I'd apply it to my iPhone application, Yummy, and coming up with a blank. How can you decide in advance which bookmarks you'll want to see? Most recent? Those with a particular tag? I can't think of an option other than 'all.'
- The Inauguration of President Barack Obama – In case you're not sick of the inauguration already, here are some great images of the day.
- Gordon Brown withdraws plan to keep details of MPs' expenses secret – "The PM said proposals for reforms of MPs' expenses would provide 'more transparency' than in most other parliaments around the world." I'm not convinced that this is a standard we should aspire to. Let's face it, our parliament is more open that North Korea and less tyrannical than Iran's but really that's not much of an achievement.
Tag Archives: politics
My delicious.com bookmarks for January 19th through January 21st
- Withnail tourism – Must head up to the lakes, or at the very least dig out my DVD.
- Bush Street Renamed Obama Street in San Francisco – Welcome to the White House, President Obama!
- Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' – On the eve of Obama's inauguration it's instructive to look back to Bush's 2001 speech…
My delicious.com bookmarks for January 16th through January 19th
- 6 days to stop MPs concealing their expenses – I'm appalled that they're trying to stop the public finding out how they're spending our money! How about some accountability?
- Yummy 2.0 Quick Overview – New version of my iPhone delicious.com client. Lots of new features, including a web preview, integration with various Twitter clients, view by tag, improved search, streamlined bookmark editing… the list goes on!
- If you’ve nothing to hide… – Double standards from MPs. Who'd have thought?
Saw W
George W. Bush stars in the latest (and little publicised) in the gory Saw movie franchise. In it he discovers some interesting new “enhanced interrogation” techniques and finds that getting out, with no recourse to legal representation or trial, is, quite literally, torture.
My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 15th through July 16th
- Ars Book Review: "Patent Failure" – Interesting book review about the effect of patents on an industry. Apparently cost more money than they make in anything but chemical and pharmaceuticals.
- Lucky to be a Programmer – I don't program as much as I used to but this explains why I love to when I get the chance.
- WordPress 2.6 – Usual drill. I've upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, the underlying software of ZX81.org.uk. If you see anything wrong please let me know!
- 20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USA – Still in any doubt that computerised voting machines are a bad idea for free and fair elections?
My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 26th through June 27th
- Review: Charming Wall-E Sweeps Up Trash, Hearts – Seems that being bought by Disney has not cramped Pixars style. Definitely one that I'll see at the cinema.
- Labour fifth as Tories win Henley – When Labour get fewer votes than the BNP in a by-election there is a big problem…
- Legal, British P2P 'by end of year' – Is the music industry finally ready to embrace new distribution models?