Simile Timeline

Here comes the Semantic web...

"SIMILE is focused on developing robust, open source tools based on Semantic Web technologies that improve access, management and reuse among digital assets."

"Timeline is a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for visualizing time-based events. "

"Exhibit is a lightweight structured data publishing framework that lets you create web pages with support for sorting, filtering, and rich visualizations by writing only HTML and optionally some CSS and Javascript code."

BBC Climate Change Experiment

The first results from the BBC's Climate Change grid computing experiment have been announced.
The BBC are not accepting any new participants at the moment, but it seems there will be another non-BBC project. My climate model is still only 47% complete, but the site says to let it continue to run and it will send in the results on completion.

The overall result so far is: a 4 degree rise in temperatures in the UK by 2080

Not good news.

MicroISV on Hanselminutes

Scott Hanselman talks to Secret Geek Leon Bambrick on How to start your own MicroISV.

It has to be better than starting someone elses.

Hmmm, I can think of a few large companies that could easily turn into MicroISVs. No, that can't be the best way to go about it...

I just hope one of the 25 steps is "How to have a good idea no-one else has thought of yet". Although, I think you don't actually have to have a unique idea.

Chongqing Strange Taste Horsebeans

The Engrish language is wonderful...

Star Ferry

This is old news, but what on earth are they doing to Hong kong harbour?

Carbon neutral houses

All new houses in the UK are to be carbon neutral by 2016. There is no mention of doing anything for existing houses. I don't understand why.

Web development, colour contrast checker

An online colour contrast checker.

Or you could just look at the screen...