Tom Lachecki

(Tomalak Geret'kal)

Ad Blocks Threaten Free Web

A website designer called Danny Carlton started it all to block Firefox on his website in order to boycott the Ad Block Plus extension of the browser. Now it seems that many other website owners have joined forces with him.

Jury_Duty.mp3

So, whilst some of the British Muslim community is fighting for the right to wear their traditional dress and conceal themselves, others prove exactly why allowing this is dangerous.

Black Google

If Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page views, according to calculations, 750 megawatts/hour per year would be saved.

I Always Wanted To Swim To School

I thought I would take a moment to write about the Gloucestershire floods from my viewpoint in the thick of things.

On Character Death

It really irks me when some fans start campaign groups to get characters back on shows, seemingly with the intent of cheating the very nature that said shows are attempting to convey. (SPOILERS: Stargate Atlantis season 4 casting)

License to Kill?

The BBC points to what is possibly the country's oldest active driver.

First Wave Of Vista Disillusionment

Computer manufacturers are now beginning to see first-hand the general disillusionment with Windows Vista.

Google Staff Required To Paddle The Atlantic

It has come to light that workers at the Mountain View cyberfirm are routinely forced to swim the 3,000 miles between New York and Paris. Either that, or the trek otherwise seems of little consequence to those who construct the Google Maps tool.

Vista:TAS Not On The Books, Then

Some time ago, the network managers at Nottingham University wrote to the student community that "When correctly configured and patched there are no significant vulnerabilities in Microsoft products". Hah.

How To Out-Earn The PM

In spite of staff strife and whilst Nottingham Hospitality struggles with various unpopular cost-cutting plans for student food, the Vice Chancellors have been awarded a 7.9% pay increase ostensibly for no reason whatsoever.

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