As most of of my friends and followers already know, I will be joining Osmosoft in a few weeks (more on that at a later time… ).
The problem: Finding accommodation in the London area is a major challenge.
So let’s tap into the wisdom of crowds here — help me get my bearings to find a [...]

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At long last, my XO-1 (OLPC) has finally arrived today. (A big thanks to my friendly acquaintances in the U.S.!)
My first impression of the device was very good; it looks fun and sturdy. The display delivers a very crisp image, and the screen can also be rotated.
I haven’t done a lot of testing yet — [...]

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This will make for a good first edition of the “suggested reading” series:

After his initial probing draft, Phil has published the Ten Commandments of Twitter. Definitely a must-read for any Twitter user!
In a similar vein, Paul has come up with the distinction of Twits and Twerps. (I’m definitely a Twit — I hope… )
Finally, JP [...]

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I’m still pretty much a newbie when it comes to WordPress administration.
Nevertheless, I have quickly realized that upgrading a theme can erase any custom styling that had been applied.
If a theme doesn’t support custom styling out of the box, and thus requires modification of the original CSS files, this can easily be retrofitted by making [...]

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Welcome to my newly-created weblog.
For now, pretty much everything here is temporary – the look[1], the content, the functionality.
Topics that are likely to be covered here in the future:

TiddlyWiki
programming/coding (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, possibly other languages as well), including “standards evangelism”, best practices etc.
Web 2.0-related issues and events (e.g. wikis, blogs, social networks etc.)
web stuff (interesting [...]

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