Zach Beauvais

Can we finally just watch TV online?

Can we finally just watch TV online?

Watching TV online is becoming a bit of a hobby of mine.  I don’t have a TV anywhere in the house, and it is just so much more convenient to be able to watch what I want, when I do, without  having to play around with channels or digital interfaces which seem...

Too much to read, too little time

Last week, I wrote about Nick Carr’s new book on ZDNet’s Web 2.0 Explorer blog. I got home last night to find a note from the Post Office confirming that the anticipated Amazon parcel had arrived. Also waiting for me were three editions of the Financial...

Typeroom: A Remote CMS?

Typeroom is a content management system which takes a different approach to traditional Content Management. Instead of using databases and managing content directly, Typeroom works more like Adobe Contribute by allowing traditional html pages to be edited in real...

Happy New Year

It is now 2008, and I wish you all the best for it. I’ve been asked by all the friends who shared the ringing of the new in last night about new years’ resolutions I might have. I tend to be very abstract, and can’t really put an exact goal down, and...

Ever felt sheepish?

I have just discovered that I would have made a worthless vet. It is a good thing, because I have sometimes wondered if I should have chosen that course following a degree I have at times considered unhelpful (linguistics). Perhaps I should clarify that my wife is a...