Category Archives: Technical

Running two versions of wordpress

Posted on March 17, 2008 by stalker

I set up a second wordpress installation in a directory named /jasmine so that Neil and I could blog about our daughter Jasmine who has chronic renal failure. However, because I fiddled with the .htaccess this technical blog kept serving … Continue reading →

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Getting your hands on Apple’s iPhone

Posted on November 8, 2007 by stalker

Another Apple marketing frenzy has led to the UK bracing itself for the launch of the iPhone tomorrow. The Carphone Warehouse is expecting large queues and Scotland Yard are warning customers to hide their new handsets so that they don’t … Continue reading →

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Why task analysis doesn’t do it for me

Posted on October 26, 2007 by stalker

Like every self-respecting human-computer interaction (HCI) lecturer, I introduce task analysis or the technique of analysing how people perform a task or job, to my students a couple of weeks into a given course. Each time I am aware that … Continue reading →

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Augmenting referees – why didn’t Piero help Uriah?

Posted on January 28, 2007 by stalker

Last week, Uriah Rennie let Newcastle player James Milner’s goal stand even after his teammate Scott Parker had been flagged off-side and had jumped out of the way of the ball and (too late) West Ham goalkeeper Roy Carroll’s view. … Continue reading →

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In control of self-assessment

Posted on January 23, 2007 by stalker

Normally, I have violent fantasies about the things I would like to say when on the telephone with the Inland Revenue. Yesterday I didn’t say a word when interacting with them as I filed my self-assessment online.

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