Michael.Wilcox

Always wear clean underwear in public…

From our fridge. (no idea how it got there…. Mrs. W?) Always wear clean underwear in public, especially when working under your vehicle. From the Daily News comes this story of a Stockton-on-Tees couple who drove their car to ASDA, only to have their car break down in the car park. The man told his…

Some vaguely consistent threads around education in my morning procrastination break. – bengoldacre

I liked this thought… I suspect the bigger issue is that were living through a technological revolution, which creates changes in what can be cognitively outsourced and whats worth learning, and where some people can press ahead by leaving out the pointless stuff. via Some vaguely consistent threads around education in my morning procrastination break….

Dear Auditors, I present: Charlie Brooker

Want to read this article? Then enter your password via Charlie Brooker | Want to read this article? Then enter your password | Comment is free | The Guardian. Forgotten your password? That’ll be the 58th one you’ve not remembered this year, then. In days of yore, we’re told, people had less leisure time because…

User manuals – don’ts and dos

Sometimes you don’t need a user manual… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk] and sometimes you do… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSgvS8ASek] I prefer systems like the first one.

Web Sequence Diagrams

Have been following up a tweet from fooflington… yes it does seem rather cool. With <I’m no expert> applied, I’ve been playing too… Here’s the text that generated it: user->form: provides feedback activate form form->form: validate form–>user: request amends alt if ‘content’ selected form->dept: email dept note right of dept left with dept to sort…

Assistant Director of IT Development – University of Kent

I have a new job. Following interviews on the 24th I was fortunate enough to be selected for the new role of Assistant Director of IT Development in Information Services at the University of Kent. This is the first stage of some restructuring for IS. I’m looking forward to working with everyone that will part…

Mittuniversitetet

Just back from a quick trip to Mid Sweden University (or Mittuniversitetet). We were at the Östersund campus which is a little further north than the two other campuses, Härnösand and Sundsvall. [googlemaps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=university&hl=en&cd=1&ei=xQiIS8yFG5i5jAefutzSBg&sig2=SBuv3Z6yVpOfRIj2s9Xcmw&sll=63.177038,14.651163&sspn=0.015108,0.03721&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=16486601166023273433&hq=university&hnear=&t=h&ll=63.188134,14.648895&spn=0.102517,0.274658&iwloc=A&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Östersund is described as ‘the number one winter city’ and it was certainly picturesque – covered in snow and fairly chilly…

New host

I *think* I’ve just finished transferring this blog from my own hosted version to the WordPress.com one. The aim being to not have to update the code anymore – it was boring and I’m a bit lazy! The main difference is the template, since WordPress.com didn’t have the one I was using. I suppose I…

We're making some important changes to your account

From Capital One: Dear Mr Wilcox In recent months, there has been a steady worsening of the economic environment making it necessary for us to review our customer’s accounts. As part of this review we’ve taken the difficult decision to increase some of our rates. Is it just me or is that a bit of…