I am completely bowled over by some software I just found for the Palm PDA. Its what we call an 'Expert System Shell' and goes by the name of M-5. It allows one to capture the knowledge of an expert and encapsulate it in software. Its extremely straightforward to use although those without a background in Artificial Intelligence may find it a little trickier at first.

I've currently captured my own knowledge on the appropriateness of various ICT solutions for Developing Communities. But it is p… Continue

These are the stunning new turbine blades I made out of some discarded pipes I discovered in the woods. I used a stanley knife to cut the plastic according to what seems like a fairly aerodynamic shape. The hub is currently the old room cooler fitting with the blades bolted on b… Continue

Another excuse for apparently not doing much but I suffer from a terrible Internet connection in the UK. Gone are the days when my appartment had a 100MB built-in connection (in Japan). I use a 3 wireless connection which just keeps dropping out for some reason. It used to be fine but I guess a few other people got wise to it and now they're oversubscribed or something. Anyhow, its very frustrating so I tend not to go online a lot. Will sort this out, probably get a fixed line at some point. Sha… Continue

Sorry there hasn't been much posting to our new location on Ning. We've been experiencing an 'unprecedented' (for some time now) heat wave in the UK interspersed with electrical storms. Very tropical weather but, so far at least, not too typical of UK weather. I guess thi… Continue

OK, www.diyngo.org now points here to Ning as we leave Webjam behind.

The hope is that we will find this a more user-friendly social networking tool and start adding our own content.

You'll find that everyone can have their own space within Ning so go ahead and start creating your own online 'personality'!

Enjoy,

Tim.