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Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

Werner Heisenberg was a German physicist who one day decided that in order to measure one quantity, you have to increase the uncertainty of a related quantity. For example, you can’t measure the momentum of a immobile object.

[ More ] May 25th, 2009 | by Jonathan Jobe | No Comments | Posted in People |

Non-Theist Quaker

A year or so ago I picked up a text on the basic principles of The Religious Society of Friends – Quakers for those who don’t know.

[ More ] May 18th, 2009 | by Jonathan Jobe | No Comments | Posted in Life |

Agatha and The Girl

Short fiction by Gavin Eyres: Agatha sat on the steps outside her building in a quiet side street of the East End. She had done so every evening since she had moved in, though she had only lived there for a month and it was such a roasting summer that commuters broke their silence to talk of it.

[ More ] May 3rd, 2009 | by Gavin Eyers | No Comments | Posted in Fiction, Latest |

Swine flu - the latest thing in spamming.

Is there money to be made from swine flu? The spammers think so. Jemima Kiss 30 April 2009 guardian.co.uk

[ More ] April 30th, 2009 | by Jonathan Jobe | No Comments | Posted in Latest, Life |

Danny MacAskill - Inspired

This video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street riding ever seen.

[ More ] April 21st, 2009 | by Jonathan Jobe | No Comments | Posted in Latest, People |

Mentioned in @Replies

Twitter have changed the interface on the their home page. The @replies feed has been replaced with Mentions, which can be accessed via clicking on @yourusername in the sidebar.

[ More ] April 1st, 2009 | by Jonathan Jobe | No Comments | Posted in Tech |

Skype for iPhone

Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype’s native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday.

[ More ] March 30th, 2009 | by Gavin Eyers | No Comments | Posted in Latest, Review, Tech |

Good-Bye XP - Hello Windows 7

Microsoft has wanted to kill Windows XP for years. There was only one problem. The users refused to let it die. Now, that Windows 7 is almost ready to go, Microsoft is, once more, trying to ax XP.

[ More ] March 29th, 2009 | by Jonathan Jobe | No Comments | Posted in Tech |

Traditional parenting ‘leads to well-adjusted children’

Traditional parenting methods that focus on breastfeeding, disclipline and high expectations are most likely to produce well-adjusted and able children, a study has shown.

[ More ] March 28th, 2009 | by Gavin Eyers | No Comments | Posted in Life |

Cloud storage hiccups prompt security questions

Cloud computing vendors continue to be plagued with periodic shutdowns and losses of customer data. The problems have prompted some users and analysts to wonder whether cloud computing storage poses an unacceptable data security risk.

[ More ] March 28th, 2009 | by Gavin Eyers | No Comments | Posted in Tech |
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