UI evolution

I saw a reference to Netvibes recently for aggregating RSS feeds. I'm sure there are many others out there, but this I find really cool. Not does it aggregate the feeds neatly, but it is so configurable, and fully takes advantage of the capabilities of the browsers (both IE and Firefox), you would not have believed a few years ago that this was a browser interface. Cool....

Why does stuff always happen at home when I'm away?

It's predictable, I go away on a business trip, and something will happen at home, which would really be better if I was there. It has happened again this trip.

Hydrogen Powered Cars and more philanthropy

I note on the BBC web site this morning an article about GM's much awaited hydrogen powered car. It actually looks like they may be doing their bit - of course they are only doing it to try to stay the world's largest car producer - but we are always going to need transport, and hydrogen is only going to come about when there is sufficient volume production to make it cost effective. I'm right behind GM on this one.

On the philanthropy front, George Soros is another in the line of high-profile financiers/rich people to donate a significant sum to good causes. Well done George, you can't take it with you, and leaving it to our children just makes them lazy and inappreciative. (did I really say that out loud?)

How about we see some of the others in who have made sums beyond imagining (Larry?) actually delivering significant benefit to mankind. We can make this world a better place for many of the under-priviledged, mal-nourished, sick and needy, it just takes courage.

And while we are at it, how about diverting more of the billions currently spent on ordnance and the like, into projects which enhance life, rather than destroying it?