http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/ en-GB Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:32 +0000 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:32 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/index.rss Matthew Wittering RSS Parser 1.0 info@matthewwittering.co.uk (Matthew Wittering) info@matthewwittering.co.uk (Matthew Wittering) 60 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/virtual-revolution/the-cost-of-free.htm The theme for the third episode of The Virtual Revolution presented by Aleks Krotoski covers the issue of privacy and the divulging of personal information online. Our online actions and habits are tracked and recorded allowing highly specific targeted Internet advertisements and product recommendations on sites such as Amazon. This for the proprietor of consumer services is the holy grail of targeted inexpensive personal selling. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/virtual-revolution/the-cost-of-free.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/ubuntu-tips/google-chrome.htm Google Chrome is being developed around three principles; Speed, Simplicity and Style. For those reasons and the Google search baked into the address bar it has become my browser of choice across Windows, Macintosh and Linux. I have found that Firefox has increasingly become as bloated as Internet Explorer and that is why I use Google Chrome. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:32:41 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/ubuntu-tips/google-chrome.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/ubuntu-tips/dvd-playback.htm Most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (the Content Scrambling System), which attempts to restrict the software that can play a DVD. By installing libdvdcss a free software library for unscrambling DVDs encrypted with the CSS you can watch your library of films on your Ubuntu computer. This is true for all other Linux distributions. Ubuntu is my preferred variant. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:21:12 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/ubuntu-tips/dvd-playback.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/virtual-revolution/enemy-of-the-state.htm On Saturday the 6th of February Enemy of the State the second episode of The Virtual Revolution was aired on BBC Two. The episode starts with recounting how Twitter became a critical component in Iranian riots in July 2009. This included an interview with @oxfordgirl on how she resent Twitter messages about the ongoing riots. This was a powerful and interesting documentary which looks at both the power of the Internet and how it is being increasingly policed by governments across the globe. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/virtual-revolution/enemy-of-the-state.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/internationalization-localization/signs.htm Recently I went for dinner with three friends at the New Loon Fung Chinese restaurant in Soho. Having a keen eye for Internationalization and Localization I took the photo below. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/internationalization-localization/signs.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/new-twitter-handle.htm So anyway I have been having problems with Twitter. For as long as I can remember I have been unable to update my profile information and the background on my profile. I finally pulled my finger out earlier this week and opened a support ticket to see if I could resolve these issues. Being technically minded and familiar with the idea of regular expressions in programming I surmised that I was not able to commit these changes because of my username. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/new-twitter-handle.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/robin-hood-tax.htm The Robin Hood Tax is a grass root initiative here in the United Kingdom to tax bankers and redistribute the wealth to those who are more needy. The Robin Hood Tax is a tiny tax on bankers that would raise billions. This wealth could then be invested into project which could directly benefit those hardest hit by the recession. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/robin-hood-tax.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/google-super-bowl-2010.htm I have just finished listening to the latest episode of This Week in Google, with Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, Jeff Jarvis and Pete Cashmore. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the This Week in Google it is a podcast cover news about Google and other cloud software provides. Despite the breath of Internet based application in the 'cloud' the focus is on Google because of the diversity of their products. This year Google ran an advert to promote their search engine to all the viewers. The advertisement is referred to as, Parisian Love. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/google-super-bowl-2010.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/safer-internet-day-2010.htm Think before you post (Think B4 U post!) is the idea behind the Safer Internet Day campaign for 2010. The video I suppose to promote the idea once you have release something information about yourself you may loose control. The the mouse in the video is seen suffering the embarrassment of a revealing photo been published to the Internet. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:18:50 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/safer-internet-day-2010.htm http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/virtual-revolution/the-great-levelling.htm The Internet has in the last 20 years facilitated an explosive growth in technical capabilities and access to knowledge. The web continues to shape us in ways we fail to recognise. For example we are increasingly divulging personal details to social networking sites without consideration for how it will be used. The Internet gives everyone who desire it, the proverbial soapbox. Online you may broadcast your opinions to far reaching corners of the globe. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.matthewwittering.co.uk/blog/virtual-revolution/the-great-levelling.htm