[audioblog] Google buzz and privacy

Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days you will be aware of Google’s new social networking product – Google Buzz. Unfortunately it would seem that some assumptions made by the designers and the automatic opt-in nature of the service has lead to some serious issues. For me it underlines some […]

Marcus Povey

Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days you will be aware of Google’s new social networking product – Google Buzz. Unfortunately it would seem that some assumptions made by the designers and the automatic opt-in nature of the service has lead to some serious issues. For me it underlines some […]

Akismet plugin for Elgg

I have just written a very small Akismet plugin for Elgg. When enabled and configured, this plugin will scan newly submitted comments of the ‘generic_comment’ annotation class. While spam comments are rarer on Elgg due to the fact that most sites don’t allow anonymous comments, this could be useful for people who are getting spam […]

Marcus Povey

I have just written a very small Akismet plugin for Elgg. When enabled and configured, this plugin will scan newly submitted comments of the ‘generic_comment’ annotation class. While spam comments are rarer on Elgg due to the fact that most sites don’t allow anonymous comments, this could be useful for people who are getting spam […]

Using an XBOX 360 wireless controller with XBMC on Ubuntu

This Christmas I finally bit the bullet and treated myself to a shiny XBox 360. Ostensibly this was so that I could experiment with console development, but mostly I have used it to play Gears of War. In a slight departure from what I usually talk about, I thought I’d quickly jot down how I […]

Marcus Povey

This Christmas I finally bit the bullet and treated myself to a shiny XBox 360. Ostensibly this was so that I could experiment with console development, but mostly I have used it to play Gears of War. In a slight departure from what I usually talk about, I thought I’d quickly jot down how I […]