Back in the 1800s the Tates Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products and, since they already made the cases for watches,they used them to produce compasses. The new compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California.
This, of course, is the origin of the expression, “He who has a Tates is lost!”
Software to improve train scheduling
Test time for timetables ( Australian IT / Kelly Mills )
From the article: “STATE railways are testing revolutionary, locally developed software that may help the trains run on time.
[..]
Developed by the Co-operative Research Centre for Railway Engineering and Technologies (Rail CRC) and the University of South Australia in collaboration with consultants TMG International, the ScheduleMiser technology generates thousands of viable train plans in a matter of minutes.”
I wonder if this would help Melbourne’s train network run on time?
One of the things I like about winter is the morning fog. It mutes the sounds of the city and lets you have some peace and quiet.
Why must cats stand on the keyboard?
What’s even more annoying is my cat likes to lick the keyboard too. I
guess that is why it’s important to wash your hands between eating and
using the computer.
Ok.. I’ve got Blogger all sorted out now, links in place, and we’re ready to roll.
It was actually this Slashdot article that motivated me to get the blog up and running again. I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of months now, but needed the Gmail account carrot dangled in front of me to lure me back to blogger.com. Sadly I didn’t score a Gmail account, but I’m sure I’ll get one at some point in the future.
