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Wickedpedia?
I have given regularly to Wikipedia’s fund raising campaigns. After reading this article in el Reg I will give the money to my local scout group instead. Wikipedia doesn’t need your money – so why does it keep pestering you? via Wikipedia doesn’t need your money – so why does it keep pestering you? •…
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“Big data” on AWS – Redshift
“Big data” is hot, hot, hot (Gartner hype cycle) and now supported by Amazon Web Services. Although pitched as “Big data” it will be very interesting to see the tools offering. I provide services to small to medium-sized enterprises and I am interested in how AWS can support the data warehousing requirements of these organisations.…
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AWS tools for Windows PowerShell
One of the most popular posts on my blog is my comparison of Windows PowerShell with Unix utilities. Readers may be interested to learn that AWS now has PowerShell tools.
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BBC News – Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze
My company is ElephantPM and here is some elephant orientated physics. Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze via BBC News – Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze. In this article the BBC journalist alleges that the elephants’ owners did wrong giving the elephants vodka, “Like with humans, alcohol can make animals feel warmer but it…
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Amazon announce data warehouse back end solution
Today Amazon announced Redshift a data warehouse service based on PostgreSQL: Amazon Redshift Amazon Redshift is a fast and powerful, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. Redshift offers you fast query performance when analyzing virtually any size data set using the same SQL-based tools and business intelligence applications you use today. With…
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How to sail faster than the wind
The BBC has a great video of the Sailrocket’s world record beating run where it went over 50 knots. Interestingly the wind was only 27 knots, so how was it done? The physicist in me was intrigued. First, let us do a thought experiment. The boat is in a vacuum on a frictionless surface. Although…
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Trafford Housing Trust wriggle out of Facebook compensation
There are big injustices and little injustices. This one may seem little but it is worthy of publication because sunlight is the best disinfectant. Trafford Housing Trust wrongly demonted a man for expressing his private views privately on Facebook. The accessible Register article is here and it contains a link to the damning court judgement.…
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Social justice is leaving a tip
One of the joys of the web is that one does not have to rely on the media to digest documents for you. The quality of most government sponsored reports and enquiries is exceptionally high and one can read them online. One such is the “Final report of the commission on living standards“. The summary…
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The living wage, even Mrs Thatcher would approve.
As one of “Thatcher’s children” I am always viscerally suspicious of socialism however it is clear to me that in future society is going to need dramatically more redistribution of income not less. Here is an organisation in the best traditions of Cadbury and Rowntree that we should all support. It could be and should…
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How to survive Windows 8. The official guide
The Reg. has published “How to survive Windows 8. The official guide” It is funny and informative. I loved this comment. Re: Windows 8 promises to be a disaster in offices. But what if your workers need to operate in a modern multi-media cloud enabled social web interactive multi-paradigm environment?
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