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A new typeface designed for easier reading on LCD screens. Quite interesting how fonts are designed for different media like stone cutting, paper etcClearType Step 1: Turn on Windows XP ClearType

What looks like a good aricle on migrating from windows to linux. might be tempted to try it now especially by using knoppix as a first step. Tom’s Hardware Guide PCs & HowTo: Migrating from Windows to Linux, Part 1: Preparation – Downloading And Burning Linux

Here is a review of a book The Paradox of Choice with the difficulties of choosing anything from jobs to jumpers The New Yorker: The Critics: Books

And here is the latest new operating system to compete with Bill and Linus MorphOS.net – Welcome! Based around the old Amiga core it will be interesting to see how far it goes – Lets Morph on

and my favourite radio station of yesterday is 40 today. MediaGuardian.co.uk | Radio | Radio’s pirate queen still rules at 40 One of the reasons for moving to Cambridge from Sheffield. The reception was so much better.

And this site folks is THE killer application! Par ExcellenceWelcome to PubSub.com Yep you enter a search term into pubsub, it then creates a RSS feed on that term. Then is it searches all published blogs now and in the future for anyone using that term. Once it finds a blog the aricle is published […]

Here is a great idea in Germany, a more sophisticatedversion of the Cambridge green bike scheme. These bikes have GPS/GSMDie Bahn – English Summary. Wouldnt work in UK as folks would nick the electronics package.

Pretty amazing technology that stops a saw blade in 5ms if your finger gets into contact. SawStop Videos taken from the engadget blog

A wonderful description about the origins of modern wheat given by the man who has saved more lifes than any other. Borlaug: No. As a matter of fact, Mother Nature has crossed species barriers, and sometimes nature crosses barriers between genera–that is, between unrelated groups of species. Take the case of wheat. It is the […]

Now we know why it was called bluetooth!. Toothing! – Toothing FAQ Especially like the utility called blue chat!