Archive for June, 2008

The concept of “free” was, in retrospect, a little incongruous with Copenhagen. Although, according to the locals, Denmark is the cheapest of the Scandinavian nations, £6.50 for a pint is still something of a sting. Plus, of course, there was the irony of the Free Beer, released under a Creative Commons licence but which, at [...]

I’m very fond of what Paul‘s done with the dConstruct 2008 buttons: in addition to the usual branded colours, you can also supply your own background image (from Flickr, or elsewhere on the web) to create some a sort of social mashup button. Here are a couple of my attempts: I’m also rather starstruck at [...]

Despite some early WiFi problems (which prompted me to finally go out and buy the broadband dongle I’ve been considering for a while), I’d say BCL4 was a big success. I was particularly pleased to find many people bucking the geek trend and choosing not to watch Dr Who, instead joining in the beery Werewolf [...]