A Pipe and a Keyboard

Grandad uses Twitter occasionally, as do I. He had the gross misfortune to somehow get tangled with a thing called Mobsterworld. Having got his password they then proceeded to bombard all his followers with DMs [Direct Messages] purporting to come from him, and inviting everyone to join. Needless to say, his followers were not too [...]

Filed under: Tech stuff on September 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments »

One of the big problems I find about travelling abroad is navigation. I am an avid map reader, and have no problem with actually finding a place, but when it comes to driving there, maps have serious shortcomings.   For a start, either the route has to be memorised or frequent stops are needed.  Also, the [...]

Filed under: Tech stuff on September 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »