This is funny because its classic case of desigining a black magic product thats scans all the databases in the world in-place using its adaptable plugin modules that enables it to extract hidden terrorist messages from your mum\’s recipe spreadsheet in her Documents folder and correlate with credit card spending in Indonesia, via the included plugin module that sits atop of the VISA global credit card database. My favourite line in the pitch is…. and I guarantee that I\’m not taking it out of context: because its distributed, its totally secure Nuts! As someone working for a company...

I’m noticing quiet a lot of search results hitting this blog, looking for ideas on how to integrate the Polar CS300 and your trusty old Mac… in my case a MacBook Pro. Well, I’ve got it working but it isn’t the most elegant of solutions… First of all there is to my knowledge no OS X version of the Polar software, therefore I’ve had to employ the following… Ingredients 1x copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac (installed on your Mac) 1x copy of Windows XP (installed inside Parallels) 1x Mac Book Pro 1x Polar CS300 watch 1x Polar WebLink SW software installed...

I found myself drawn into Stewart Brand’s presentation on environmentalism and urbanisation… He makes some really interesting points on how the environmental- or eco-movement will change over the next couple of decades. The movement will change from a grassroots “nice-to-do” group of Western Industrialised tree-huggers and idealists to a global phenomenon of not just romanticised activisim but cold-hard-fact-based politicking. This change will be brought on by two things. Firstly the internet will enable global organised communication to even the remotest parts. Secondly,...

John C. Dvorak writes in his column today: Every single person working in the media today who experienced the dot-com bubble in 1999 to 2000 believes that we are going through the exact same process and can expect the exact same results—a bust. It’s déjà vu all over again. And since this moment in time is only the beginning of the cycle, the best nuttiness has yet to emerge. Nevertheless, this is not to say that a lot of nuttiness hasn’t already happened. I can only partially agree him… Yes, the same copycat, cookie-cutter business models exist. Yes, each startup is some form of...