iCal

Finally got around to properly exploring Apple’s iCal application.

Enthused by the possibility of sharing and publishing calendars, partly through the discovery of an iCalShare sherlock plug-in, I’ve subscribed to Apple’s offering of UK holidays, while publishing my own calendar of Oxford’s term dates.

Enjoy!
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Raman Links

SpectroscopyNOW – Raman Links

Resonant Raman Introduction – TJ Dines

Papers

• Characterization of carbon nanotubes suspended between
  nanostructures using micro-Raman spectroscopy [Physica E 24 (2004) 26] Summary

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Wowwweeeee

Nintendo's new DS portable console looks amazing, and at $150 it looks like it'll be worth a punt on before Christmas.

With WiFi and wired-ethernet capabilties, plus the ability to play music and movies, it could be a hackers dream.

That all said, Sony's PSP will be no slouch.

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British Girls…

I knew British girls were top of the league…

British teenage girls rank among the world leaders in terms of obesity, drinking and smoking cannabis, according to statistics compiled by The Economist.

More details in the original Telegraph article.
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Skype

Started using Skype for Voice-over-IP and it has proved to be an excellent client: IMs and file transfer to add to the quality voice calls.

User name: jimbodoig
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Blunkett Watch Continues…

It seems crims get away with 'passive' observations in their 'prisons without bars', while the rest of us….well.

Blunkett's satellite tagging: the tripe behind the hype

"Today's announcement of the Home Office's satellite tracking pilot is a classic of its genre. As is the case with so many Blair government initiatives the earth was noisily promised in the run-up, and continued to be promised by government spokesmen this morning, but the pilot itself is so spectacularly modest, so largely low-tech, that it will provide little or no useful information about the viability of the "prison without bars" that David Blunkett will continue to dangle before our eyes through the upcoming election campaign…."

Big Brother watches Britain

"…
Big Brother is always watching in Britain.

An estimated 4.2 million closed-circuit TV cameras observe people going about their everyday business, from getting on a bus to lining up at the bank to driving around London. It's widely estimated that the average Briton is scrutinized by 300 cameras a day…"
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