A quick read on Tales from the Sharp Side this morning opened up a whole new range of learning possibilities to me. Scott was talking about how he could improve his computer science knowledge, and pointed the reader towards MIT OpenCourseWare

OCW describe themselves as follows…

a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT’s mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT’s values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.

Sounds like somewhere I should visit,

My esteemed colleague, Mr Dunbar, pointed me toward this entry regarding NTLM authentication in Firefox.

It’s a simple fix for an issue that have bugged us for month – how to get Firefox to pass the NTLM authentication token to a trusted website, and therefore negate the need to log in with your domain username / password.

1. Don’t tell anyone everything you know.

Another cool firefox plugin :: forecastfox

I’ve just installed the mighty Spellbound extension for Firefox. With a bit of luck, it might help me cut down on my blundering typos.

“Red Hot And Spikey” by ikhon

I’ve been looking around for a nice app to read some of my favourite blogs. I only want to see if a new item gets posted, and so I was pleased to discover forumzilla – an extension for the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client.

It is a fairly basic extension, and it will only reall;y display the title of the post, but for me, for now – that’s enough.

… a couple of years on, I admit, but a big adventure nontheless. There’s this guy I used to work with, you see. His name is Ian Shuttleworth, and a couple of years ago (has it really been that long?? Where does the time go?) he and his wife Debbie took the plunge and moved out to New Zealand. I have just found the link to his site, and I can honestly say that I am insanely jealous of the life he has made for himself out there. Bastard.

Having recently been invited to open a Gmail account, I can now say I have joined the Geek Set. Well, OK, I was in that already I suppose, but never mind…..