http://sliver.objective2k.com The last week... en-GB Copyright 2002-2007 Simon P. Lucy 2008-11-20T12:11:48Z 2008-11-20T12:11:48Z CoreBlog sliver@objective2k.com http://sliver.objective2k.com/281 The first company that I ever started was called Support pc Ltd (cool name I know), but that really only lasted a year of consultancy as the business plan it was meant to carry out didn't get any financial support. The second was Objective 2000 Ltd a... 2008-11-20T12:11:48Z sliver@objective2k.com Life Technical Joost http://sliver.objective2k.com/281 http://sliver.objective2k.com/280 I've finally started Un Lun Dun by China Miéville which is another in the I suppose fashionable genre of fantasy for children that adults like to read. And after the weighty length of Anathem I skipped through Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book which I gue... 2008-11-16T13:18:20Z sliver@objective2k.com Books on the Bedside Table Reviews http://sliver.objective2k.com/280 http://sliver.objective2k.com/279 Joost has just released the embed code for the Joost Flash player and I've been waiting for that so that I can show people the example Vista Gadget that I've been running for the past month. Its a very simple Gadget if not entirely crude but it does ... 2008-11-13T17:00:39Z sliver@objective2k.com Joost http://sliver.objective2k.com/279 http://sliver.objective2k.com/278 I finished Anathem last night, and magnum opus it is. I was just a little daunted by the size at first, even if the print is elderly eyes friendly and it took me a while to get going. In previous novels Stephenson has taken the relatively familiar wo... 2008-11-12T08:52:05Z sliver@objective2k.com Reviews Books on the Bedside Table http://sliver.objective2k.com/278 http://sliver.objective2k.com/277 No more to Leiden will I travel. No more the KLM commute from BHX to AMS. No more the mangling of Dutch directions To Taxi drivers in torrential rain. No more the 45 to Schipolwek. The coffee grinder is back home. The Italian leather bag is beneath t... 2008-11-02T13:17:48Z sliver@objective2k.com Joost Life Literary http://sliver.objective2k.com/277 http://sliver.objective2k.com/276 On the night of the General Election of April 1992 David Dimbleby opened the BBC coverage with 'The BBC is predicting a Labour victory with a 10% swing' by 1am it was clear that this was the worst straw poll prediction ever and the Conservatives stay... 2008-11-02T13:01:09Z sliver@objective2k.com Election Politics http://sliver.objective2k.com/276 http://sliver.objective2k.com/275 Paul Graham makes a reasonable case (if only in his usual style of repeating the same point as if that alone will convince), that now is a good time for startups to start. What does seem to be true is that when recessions begin the number of MBAs tha... 2008-10-17T15:23:52Z sliver@objective2k.com Politics http://sliver.objective2k.com/275 http://sliver.objective2k.com/274 One of the little gizmos we have on the new site is something called a Zapper, kind of like a remote control cum mini epg. Kind of... Anyway, as I tend to watch a lot of the content we have (in a slightly not taking much notice kind of way I admit), ... 2008-10-14T16:53:53Z sliver@objective2k.com Joost http://sliver.objective2k.com/274 http://sliver.objective2k.com/273 Its known I guess that I work for Joost and recently I've been shepherding the delivery of the new Joost website, front end and middleware and this morning we delivered part 2 of the new website which includes the Flash player. At Joost we're now bri... 2008-10-14T11:54:23Z sliver@objective2k.com Joost http://sliver.objective2k.com/273