TfL's Journey Planner is a great resource for figuring out the best way of getting from place to place in London.
I've created a tool the speeds up the process. Here's a bit of background... Continue reading →
Technology
15
Mar 10
3D pictures (of me and Ben Miller)
I recently had the privilege of hosting a Q&A with Ben Miller, from double act Armstrong & Miller, at the Brighton Science Festival. There was a man there called Mark Bennett taking 3D pictures of us. He has very kindly let me have the originals so I thought I'd write a blog post about 3D photography using these images as examples. Continue reading →
14
Mar 10
Keyboard shortcut for Google’s “did you mean”
This post could also be titled "My first Greasemonkey script"... Continue reading →
3
Mar 10
Interesting freecycle freebiejeebies scam and a dubious experiment
I love scams. They're often ingenious and involve a good bit of psychology. It's great fun figuring out how they work.
I saw an interesting misuse of freecycle recently which was a scam of sorts. I'll tell you how it worked then introduce my own dubious experiment. Continue reading →
15
Feb 10
Blackberry Smiley shortcuts
This is a quick tip for blackberry users who put smileys in their messages (more blackberry keyboard shortcuts here).
15
Jan 10
How 3D cinema works
I recently saw Avatar in 3D and 'forgot' to hand my glasses back in at the end. I thought I knew how this technology worked so I was very surprised when I started doing some experiments.
I saw Avatar at a Vue cinema that recently had 3D installed and the way it works is quite different to the IMAX. Continue reading →
12
Dec 09
Use Gmail filters to get only the facebook notifications you care about
If you're a member of a lot of groups or have a lot of pending invites they probably generate a fair few messages in your facebook inbox that you don't really care about. The messages you DO care about tend to be the ones from an individual to you. Those are the ones you want to be notified about by email and not the rest.
At the moment facebook doesn't give you the option to be notified about one type of message but not the other. That means your email inbox can quickly fill up with facebook notifications that don't interest you.
One answer is to use email filters and in this post I'll explain how to set that up.
13
Oct 09
How i use… my BlackBerry: keyboard shortcuts
I've had a BlackBerry Bold 9000 for about 5 month and my obsession with keyboard shortcuts applies here too. Continue reading →
30
Sep 09
How I use… Freecycle/Freegle: gmail filters
Freecycle is great but it can clog up your email. I think I've got the answer. Continue reading →
21
Sep 09
How I use… Firefox: keyboard shortcuts
I thought I'd write about the different ways I use technology to be more productive. This is the first post along those lines.
I use firefox as my main browser because it's so extensible and customisable. There's a lot to say about my firefox "setup" so I'll break it down into sections. This entry is about shortcuts. Continue reading →
