| Sunday, 5th October 2003 |
How a Powerpoint slide helped hide problems with the shuttle
An example of a Powerpoint slide used to illustrate the potential danger that the Shuttle was in before it tried to land. This slide was used by the crash investigators to explain some of the problems with communication in NASA. [Software] |
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
An excellent site showing the possible misuses of Powerpoint presentations. Perhaps not as relevant to non-USA audiences but still funny. [Novel Web Sites] |
| Tuesday, 13th November 2001 |
Falling Debris
The ARIANE 5 rocket failed when no-one caught a throw exception in the software. [System Design] |
| Monday, 12th November 2001 |
Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock
Check out how much more money Bill Gates has than you. [Pointless Trivia] |
| Wednesday, 20th June 2001 |
Joel on Software
Joel provides some interesting opinions on the software industry. Its worth following his regular articles. He has some useful things to say about writing specifications. [Essays and Opinions] |
Zoomerang
Organising surveys online. [Web Services] |
Arts & Letters Daily
A well produced web site showing summaries of news headlines and book reviews. [News Stories] |
| Monday, 27th November 2000 |
Fish-brained robot at Science Museum
An interesting article about a robot that is directly controlled by a fish brain. [Science] |
| Friday, 29th September 2000 |
Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo
A fascinating set of video clips of a presentation given in 1968 by Doug Engelbart and his co-workers at Stanford. Its includes almost everything we use today - mouse, word processors, hyperlinking, networking, etc. [GUIs] |
| Thursday, 28th September 2000 |
NuSphere - MySQL Support
This company are distributing the MySQL database for Windows and Linux with support. [Databases] |
