Kidlington Chess Congress 2012
6 Feb 2012 2:19pm GMT Update 07.02.2012: I’ve uploaded analysis and comments on my games. It’s that time of year again, the Kidlington Chess Congress: I’ve played here on each of the last three years too. See my old articles from 2009, 2010 and 2011. An empty playing hall just before the start of the final round. For the last [...]
Should I give up on Facebook? Google+? Twitter?
4 Oct 2011 7:09pm GMT (This article will be cross-posted to my Facebook account, my Google+ account and linked-to from Twitter.) Should I give up on Facebook? Should I give up on Google+? Twitter? What about blogging? My original philosophy with all social networking was this: treat everything you post as public and there will be no surprises. Even if [...]
Firefox versions: someone’s CHANGED the rules
16 Aug 2011 7:38pm GMT I wrote this post in June, when Firefox began using Very Silly version numbers. And so someone at Mozilla decided that the version number should now be hidden. Rather than admit they Got It Wrong, they are trying to hide their mistake. The developer who presented this change (and many others that are meeting popular [...]
Firefox versions: someone’s not following The Rules
25 Jun 2011 2:59pm GMT In March 2011, Mozilla released Firefox 4.0: this was the first new ‘major’ version for some time. Prior to that date most Firefox users were running Firefox 3.6.16, which was the previous latest version. When a new major release such as this appears, users are typically faced with two choices: (a) stick with the current [...]
AV Referendum: a win for NO
6 May 2011 6:21pm GMT On 5 June 1944 General Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces about to invade France, had last-minute doubts about the success of the operation. On the eve of the invasion he therefore drafted a contingency letter of ‘apology’ to be used in case Operation Overlord failed. In the event, of course, the landings in Normandy [...]