Nice warts-and-all summary of how FogCreek got started. Sounds like a lot of hard work. It makes a clear case for focus.
Monthly Archive for January, 2007
While Vista is a) pretty and b) seems to run much faster on my work and home laptops, it does force you to log in as administrator every single time you want to do something (like install a program).
Using the start button+type as a launcher works nicely, as does this tip: press Ctrl+Shift+Enter and you will be running the launched item as administrator (after security credentials, again, of course).
The mobility center (Win+X) is a nice summary screen for all the things you need to play with when you’re on a laptop.
I’m trying Google Browser Sync instead of Foxmarks. Having your saved passwords as well as bookmarks pop up wherever you are is brilliant.
Charles Arthur makes the nice point that scare stories about microwaving tea towels should gradually reduce the number of Daily Express viewers.
The Home Office is to be split up, it seems. And HMRC is spending too much on IT consultants. Looks like they need the new and feistier OGC to help it.
We went to Boisdale for Burns Night and saw what I thought was one of the most expensive drinks I’ve ever come across. 1946 Macallan for £312 for 25ml (see page 16). That’s £12,000/litre. Holy Bejasus.
I’ve been wondering about the adoption piece. Lots of rowing between the Cabinet, but this is one of the things that Labour used to avoid: having a massive public debate about something the rest of the UK doesn’t care much about.
There is definitely a spectrum here. I wouldn’t want a Catholic Adoption Agency (CAA) say “we won’t let you adopt because you are black”. For “black” you could substitute “remarried”, “a lover of long-hair cats” or “a muslim”.
I would feel uncomfortable, but rationally see the sense in a CAA saying “we won’t let you adopt because you are disabled” or “because you were too old” (assuming there was a link between the disability / age and the child’s welfare).
So it isn’t black and white. However, the issue is that you can’t reject someone as an adopter out-of-hand without a clear, unbiased process that can be appealed. That’s the problem with the CAA and homosexuals. They don’t have a clear process to show why / how / if / joking? being brought up by a same-sex couple is a detriment to an adopted child’s welfare.