Monthly Archives: February 2007
No need to keep your hard disks cool?
This research from Google on hard disk failure rates really surprised me: The report said that there was a clear trend showing “that lower temperatures are associated with higher failure rates”.
Heinberg on Sustainability
An axiom is a self evident truth. The wonderful Richard Heinberg has written 5 axioms of sustainability. This is a much needed reclaiming of this abused term. (I shared an early taxi back from the SA conference dinner with Richard – he was very jetlagged but his quiet and modest intellect still shone through as [...]
Soil Association Conference 2007
A couple of weeks ago I went to Cardiff to the Soil Association Conference. I meant to write a comprehensive report. Time has meant I only managed a brief review for the Organic College students. The main thing I want to do here is congratulate Rob for being part of the inspiration for the conference [...]
VLC media player
a few people have mentioned recently that they can’t play certain video’s or audio files on their computer. (mpeg4 video files and certain avi files seem to be a problem for people using windows media player.) if you need a multi purpose player for virtually any platform that will play most file types, then get [...]
I’m a Climate Criminal doing time…