Literacy or Digiracy?

In a new article in the Economist magazine titled ‘from literacy to digiracy‘ the author attempts to explain why reading and writing ability has declined among young adults in recent years. The author helpfully goes through the various reasons given by experts why this is a deplorable condition, but ends up explaining why many believe [...]

The GRID

The Internet, or ‘Interweb’ as my friends like to call it could soon be going the way of the typewriter or perhaps even the dinosaur. The buzz on the Internet is all about ‘The GRID’ nowadays. Forget Internet 2, the Grid is faster than that. Currently being developed by CERN, the particle physics laboratory that [...]