Joe's Jottings

Woohoo! A new boom...?

· uncategorized

I'd been expecting - or should that be suspecting - it for some time but we finally do appear to be in the grip of an Internet Boom to match the real world bust.  WhenFacebook bought Instagram for a b…

We are the Zuckerborg....

· uncategorized

As I mentioned in a previous post about Facebook's purchase of the Instagram mobile photo-mangling application, there is a long and proud tradition in software and Internet industries of companies buy…

Good Lord...it's Easter!

· personal-and-group-networking, personal-stuff, social-media

Or, as a Christian, I should really say "Good, Lord...it's Easter!" I have to say that I didn't expect to find myself writing a blog post today - it happened by accident after I'd approved a few comme…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09

· personal-stuff

The revolution begins at home - Opinion - Al Jazeera English http://t.co/WwXdAorZ via @ajenglish # Shame on BBC and Sky not reporting protests about NHS bill on Westminster Bridge #blockthebridge #blo…

"I heard the news today, oh boy..."

· beatles, blockthebridge, lennon, mccartney, personal-stuff, politics, the-media

...which many will recognise as the opening line of the Beatles song, "A Day in the Life".  Unfortunately, I had to change the next line to '...and was as angry as Hell' rather than 'About a lucky man…

...and yes, I saw Jupiter!

· astronomy, dark-skies, jupiter, personal-stuff, science, uncategorized

Well, I mentioned in my last post that I was going to haul the venerable telescope out of the garage, set it up and then take a look at Jupiter.  And on the 29th September I managed to do that. (For a…

It's weird what brings you back....

· astronomy, jupiter, telescope, personal-stuff, science

...to blogging. I've had a few months that should eventually give me plenty of grist to the blogging mill, but to be blunt right now much of my time is being spent writing PHP and .NET code for those …

Just one more thing....

· columbo, entertainment, tv-shows, personal-stuff, the-media

Yesterday, Peter Falk died.  The 83 year old veteran actor had had dementia for a few years - an ironic end for a man who will always be known as Columbo), the dishevelled homicide detective with the …

Left to Apple, 2014 could be like 1984...revisited...

· politics, privacy-issues, technology, the-media

Those of us of a certain age in IT will remember Apple's famous TV advert for the groundbreaking 'Macintosh' computer back in 1984.  The advert, here on You Tube, portrayed how the Mac would free comp…