Gaming in the TARDIS

MAME, the arcade machine emulator, allows you to play those old arcade games you remember from childhood. Simon Jansen built a MAME cabinet, but instead of a plain box he made it a bit more interesting.

Formula 1 Websites

McLaren - one of the contenders for this year’s constructor’s championship

I guess many readers of this blog are interested in Formula 1, so here are some useful links to Formula 1 websites. If you click on the picture you will be taken to the BBC Formula 1 page - a good place to start, but [...]

May Roundup

We’re into June already!? This year’s going too fast. Anyway, here’s what was most popular on Geek-Speak during May:

Is it just me - Thomas noticed that Glasgow NHS’ smoking cessation advert looked very similar to the Twitter bird.
How do fuel cells work? - Chris followed up an earlier post on hydrogen cars with a [...]

Old-Fashioned Electrical Shop

Please tell me I’m not the only one who gets excited about a shop like this! You can even buy altimeters from old aeroplanes!

Abandonment Issues 2 :: More Modern Ruins

Guess what? I’m still factinated by modern ruins, and stumbled across this entry on BLDGBLOG that takes a look at some pretty cool hotels on the Sinai Peninsula that were started, but never finished.
In fact, there’s a photography show in Vienna on this very subject which, unfortunately is too far away (I’m in Scotland), and [...]

RSS Troubles

Just back from a good weekend away, but found that I wasn’t receiving any site updates while I was “down South”. For some reason, the RSS feed seems to have broken. I have tweaked some of Feedburner’s settings to get it working again - so you should get updates in your reader and/or inbox from [...]

Have a nice weekend

I’m heading off for the weekend, so comment moderation may be slow to non-existent for a few days (depends if I find a free wi-fi connection and the time to take care of it while I’m away). There are a few posts scheduled, so there will be new content - but please be patient if [...]

April Roundup

Here’s what was popular on Geek-Speak during the last month:

Using Box.net as a Network Drive on your Mac: Some simple instructions for mounting your Box.net filespace as a network drive in Mac OS X.
Net Neutrality - Important or not?: When the CEO of Virgin Media announced that Net Neutrality was a load of, ahem, testicles, [...]

Creative Commons

I’ve recently licensed my blogs (find links here: www.jvager.f9.co.uk) with a Creative Commons licence. It’s a way of defining how your work can used by others, enabling you to retain the required control. Full details can be found on their website, or on Wikipedia.
You can find my Creative Commons licence here.

An apology

Folks, I need to apologise. I’m determined to build up a good community around this blog, and part of that is responding to comments. Unfortunately, I didn’t realise I had any comments to respond to (I never received the e-mail notifications I thought I would). So today I went through and wrote replies to any [...]