tmiles.co.uk » The World http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm a world wide web wizards weblog.....wicked Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:27:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 When two minds (and technologies) combine http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2011/05/when-two-minds-and-technologies-combine/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2011/05/when-two-minds-and-technologies-combine/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:46:40 +0000 Tommy http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/?p=243 Read more »

]]> This is what happens when I text my dad to see if mum has written a birthday wish list, my dad has an IPhone with docScanner, my mum definitely doesn’t (though at least she has legible hand writing)!

Scanned in copy of my mum's birthday present.

]]> http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2011/05/when-two-minds-and-technologies-combine/feed/ 0 I may be a geek…. http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2010/12/i-may-be-a-geek/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2010/12/i-may-be-a-geek/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:46:19 +0000 Tommy http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/?p=188 Read more »

]]> …but that doesn’t mean I know everything about things with wires.

I was reading this comic from theOatmeal.com which illustrate really well what happens when people find out you work with computers.

It also shows peoples un-willingness to learn, for some reason, people have a mental-block to getting to grips with the tool that (i would estimate) over 50% of us now use on a daily basis at work. In 2005/2006 65 per cent of UK households owned a home computer [1], this must be well over 70% now. Why are all but the few (who are derided as ‘geeks’) willing to get to grips with using computers?

Is it to do with their usability or how complicated they are perceived to be? How many of the endless number of features do you use in Word or Excel for example?

I have often suggested Microsoft creates a Word light, containing only the basic features and formatting options, in particular it could do away with the fonts option and ‘force’ people to use styles.

Anyway, it is nearly Christmas so I’ll stop my moaning and wish you all a happy New Year. God Bless. Here’s an image to get you in the christmas spirit:

[1] National Statistics News Release 18 January 2007: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/efs0107.pdf [PDF document, 130KB]

]]> http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2010/12/i-may-be-a-geek/feed/ 0 Videos from Africa http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2009/07/videos-from-africa/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2009/07/videos-from-africa/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:53 +0000 Tommy http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/?p=83 Read more »

]]> I’ve been intending to write a post about the highlights of our trip to Africa but haven’t got round to it yet. In the mean-time here are a couple of videos, which captured two of the many highlights:


A herd of Elephants grazing, drinking and washing at a waterhole in Namibia.


A couple of rhinos drinking from a Namibian waterhole at night.

]]> http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2009/07/videos-from-africa/feed/ 0 Crowded tube http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2009/05/crowded-tube/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2009/05/crowded-tube/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 18:01:51 +0000 Tommy http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/?p=65 I know it gets busy on the underground but I think this sign maybe a joke!

Funny london underground sign ]]> http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2009/05/crowded-tube/feed/ 1 Grand Bazaar http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2007/10/grand-bazaar/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2007/10/grand-bazaar/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:56:46 +0000 Tommy http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/?p=7 Read more »

]]> This photo was taken, not in my wife’s handbag closet as you may have thought, but from a stall in the amazing grand bazaar market in Istanbul, Turkey.

Grand Bazaar Market - Picture of a bag stall
From Picassa

Obviously my wife was very impressed with what she saw so took the photo, looks like something out of a travel guide don’t you think?

]]> http://www.tmiles.co.uk/tm/2007/10/grand-bazaar/feed/ 0