Sort two independent STL containers

Strictly for the technically minded C++ programmers out there: STL Function objects

Public Doman Movies

Public Domain Movies has a fairly extensive list of movies and series for downloading legally via BitTorrent. Of particular interest are the auto-generated cut-down versions for PDAs, Smartphones, and iPods. Boy does their web page design suck though!

I might have to grab some Tom-and-Jerry for the boys - cartoons these days are simply not violent enough ;-)

UNSTRUNG: Fearless Predictions for 2006

An insightful analysis of the 2006 technology landscape by Unstrung.

Save our parklands!

Warming to my theme of fun spoiling busy-body, I am supporting the campaign to stop developers ruining Cardiff's greatest asset: Bute park , which is the green heart of the city.

The (very professional) campaign website can be found here...

...and they even have an  RSS feed.

Please show your support!

Welsh accent 'holds you back'

From ic Wales:

"A WELSH accent is perceived to be a distinct disadvantage for people who want to succeed in business, according to a survey of British bosses."

I've got one word for my colleagues Simon and Kath: Unlucky!

Riskology

Waltzing with Bears is all about riskology: a risk-centric approach to project management that helps you to hit your deadlines and embrace the high-risk but lucrative areas where your competitors fear to tread.

I read it a while ago and was so impressed I immediately applied it to my next project. Currently the project is half-way through and bang on track, even though we have suffered setbacks and unexpected problems. Riskology helps you to expect the unexpected (although perhaps not the Spanish Inquistion ;-)

I was hooked as soon as I read...

"...if we know nothing else about your project or your organization, our safest bet is that your original size estimate...will cause you to overrun your schedule by more than a third"

How many projects in your organization have overrun their schedule by a third right now?

I am currently only applying a fraction of the wisdom in the book to my project, but it is still helping enormously.

Fabulous news if you are gay in the UK

Finally gay men and women can marry in the UK.

It is nice to hear something about tolerance in these apparently intolerant times.