Tax
Worked out my self assessment and finally figured out where I was going wrong. I no longer owe the inland revenue a silly amount- they now owe me 28 pounds. I feel so much better and a lot calmer.
Daily archives: January 21, 2003
TIME Magazine: America's Ultra-Secret Weapon
The new High Power Microwave, destroys electronic equipment without doing physical damage.
Tech Wars
Two different tales of cool technologies having problems in teh wider world. The Segway scooter is going to have trouble being adopted because many cities won’t allow it on the pavement. There are also worries that Americans are quite fat enough without another excuse to stop walking. Meanwhile Java, currently the world’s most popular programming language, got a boost when a judge ruled that the Java Virtual Machine should be included in all Microsoft’s .Net enabled products. But have Microsoft’s efforts to scupper the rival language (including, ingeniously, the creation of their own value added piece of Java code which only worked under Windows) scuppered the upstart’s chances in the long run?
The Guardian | 'I was gobsmacked by the filth'
I don’t work at the sharp end of the NHS, but I can well believe that some hospitals are dangerously unhealthy in themselves.