I’m George’s Blog

• UK Bill Would Outlaw Open Public Wifi Hotspots [WiFi]
• Yahoo Is Getting Very Efficient — At Dying
• The Times: Bewildering flights of fancy

• All U.S. Android Phones Reportedly Getting the Bump to 2.1 [Rumor]
• Child Workers Discovered in Apple Factories [Apple]
• How To Watch The Hawaiian Tsunami Live Online
• Companies Should Take Cue From Piracy, If They Want To Be Competitive
• Nintendo DSi Uses Camera Face Tracking to Create 3D Mirages [3D]
• Bulb Candles Wax the Watts [Lighting]
• Market Watch – Wall Street Journal: Says quotes in press release falsely attributed to him

Endless Ocean 2 is rad. A vastly underrated series, if you have a Wii and like to relax, buy either of them (v1 is cheap and v2 is better)

Evening plans ruined by Southern Rail and the closed Victoria line. How can 12 miles turn out to be so far away?

Evening plans ruined by Southern Rail and the closed Victoria line. How can 12 miles turn out to be so far away?

• Links for 2010-02-26
• The Conclusion to the Faulty iMac Saga: The Beginning of the Fix [Apple]
• AV Receiver Battlemodo: $600 or Bust [Review]
• Google Now Lets You Filter Your Search Results By Location (GOOG)
• Valkyria Chronicles DLC lacks English voice track
• STAT OF THE DAY: Forget Email, Facebook Is Where People Share Content
• I Put A Spell On You
• The CartDesk Is Aimed at a Very Specific Type of Traveler [Travel]
• A (weak and fragile) recovery
• Cycle Superhighway site updated
• 5D Mark II Firmware Info Update
• NASA Project M Puts Scientists’ Avatars On the Moon [Nasa]
• Press Dispensary: Prominent Investor: Pound Could Collapse Within Weeks
• Facebook Gets Patent for News Feed, Potentially Hosing Twitter, Google, And MySpace
• George Soros More Than Triples His Yahoo Stake (YHOO)
• How Induction Cooktops Can Turn Your Kitchen Green
• Travel, Light
• Blockbuster Collapses: Shutting Down 500 Stores In Desperate Bid To Save $200 Million (BBI)
• *UPDATE* 5D Mark II Firmware Release [CR3]
• Android’s Dude Problem [Android]

Something more embarrassing than using a Segway in public? http://bit.ly/cjrP1h

• NASA Telepresence Droids Could Reach the Moon in Just 1000 Days [Nasa]
• Press Dispensary: Prominent Investor: Pound Could Collapse Within Weeks
• Facebook Gets Patent for News Feed, Potentially Hosing Twitter, Google, And MySpace
• George Soros More Than Triples His Yahoo Stake (YHOO)
• How Induction Cooktops Can Turn Your Kitchen Green
• Travel, Light
• Blockbuster Collapses: Shutting Down 500 Stores In Desperate Bid To Save $200 Million (BBI)
• *UPDATE* 5D Mark II Firmware Release [CR3]
• Android’s Dude Problem [Android]
• BBC: 270,000 civil servants to strike next month
• Rosemary Garlic Bread
• Pixel LV-W1 Wireless Transmitter and Live View Remote Control.
• Eastvold Classic Media Cabinet
• Guardian: UK may not have emerged from recession after all
• Huffington Post: The IMF Destroys Iceland and Latvia
• Lomography’s Classic LC-A+ Now Has An Instant Back Accessory For Polaroid-Like Photos [Photography]
• Who’s Buying Android Phones? Mostly Dudes (GOOG, AAPL, PALM)
• Foto Friendly Florida Classic "Cypress Gardens" Closed
• Adorn, Rather Than Hide Your Cables! Inspiration
• Mr Osborne's prescription

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Lovely to see @jamesking (who turns out to be taller than I remember) on the commute in. I wonder who else has grown compared to my memories