Archive for July, 2007

We Don’t Need Nuclear

Friday, July 20th, 2007

While watching the “Nuclear or Not” episode of “Difference of Opinion” on Channel 2 tonight, it struck me that very little discussion is ever given to something I view to be a critical problem with the notion of using nuclear technology for electricity generation: it is extremely finite.
If humans are to survive for any period [...]

Sad State of Affairs

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Tonight I watched “The Great Global Warming Swindle” on Channel 2, followed by the Tony Jones (of Lateline) interview with its producer (Martin Durkin) and the panel discussion that followed. (see more here).
First, let me say this: [Deity of choice] help anyone controversial who has to be interviewed by Tony Jones. The man is a [...]

Getting Started with Comet

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Recently I attempted to write and deploy a simple Comet application as part of my SoC work. What ensued was a journey of despair, pain, frustration and finally, overwhelming elation. It astounds me just how difficult it was to get a fully working demo up and running: from client, to server.
I’m sure that some of [...]