Category: General Entries
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It’s a known fact that all Google engineers get to dedicate 20% of their work time to a pet project. Jonathan Berger, from the Mac Applications team, notifies us of three funky widgets created by the Google team. One for…
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Just barely, but dropping by to say I’ve got 4 good posts in the pipeline but I haven’t had the time to write them… Insaaaane week so far, including two days of training, which means today I’ve got to make…
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A few acquaintances and friends have announced recently that they’re pregnant. I always oooh and awww because a new life is always amazing, and babies grow so fast, it’s unbelievable. (Plus, when they grow up, they come out with real…
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Remember when I was complaining about being unable to read Yahoo Mail’s verification image a few weeks ago? Looks like I’m not alone getting frustrated with this trend of adding Captchas to every booking form you fill in or comment…
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If you’re a Gmail user, you’ll know what I’m about to say. (And if you’re not, do yourself a favour and drop me a line so I can send you an invite, Gmail is just great!) So, as I was…
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As if I wasn’t paranoid enough about using other people’s pens because I know I always end up chewing them, touching doorknobs because I don’t know what’s been on them before, and just generally hating shared bathrooms, this Korean research…
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The Beebs reports: “Health campaigners have welcomed a vote paving the way for a ban on smoking in all pubs, clubs and restaurants in England from the summer of 2007. MPs voted on Tuesday by a margin of 200 votes…
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When Yorkshire farmers get bored, this is what happens… Exploitation of Google Maps technology at its best! Warning: Mother, avert your eyes, it’s a little bit rude! 😉
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The new integrated spam filter for WordPress is absolutely brilliant. In the past few days, it’s picked up nearly 300 spam messages, and since I installed it a few weeks ago, it’s nearly 800 indecent spam messages. It’s saved me…
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Permission marketing is when you give a company the right to use your email address and send you newsletters or other mail of interest. You know, that time you ticked the box to opt-in to that newsletter? Or more likely…
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