Archive for posts dated '2007'
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January 2007
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Brit Lit Blogs relaunched
Brit Lit Blogs has been relaunched! – it’s been good hard work and well worth it!
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JPG Magazine 7 arrived today
Got my first copy of JPG Magazine (issue 7) since I signed up about a month ago… it’s very very nice!
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The Highway Code: Online
Well, I’m finally getting around to sorting out some driving lessons! I found a (free) online version of The Highway Code… that’s saved me about 6 quid! (I’m such a tight-arse ;-))
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Buy Sealand
The Pirate Bay are looking for a nice little place with high-speed Internets access, no copyright laws… they only want to buy Sealand!
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Ted Said
I've finally uploaded one of my other short films to YouTube. Ted Said was filmed about 4 years ago (wow, how times flies), and was part of the UK National 48 Hour Film Challenge… That’s right it was written, shot, edited and polished off – all within 48 hours! … and now you can watch it online! Enjoy!
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WordPress 2.0.7 Released
Hot off the WordPress (sorry I couldn’t resist), version 2.0.7 has just been released – it’s a recommended upgrade! Thanks to Mark for his “unofficial” Changed Files ZIP!
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No Porn On Sony HD-DVD Blu-ray?
I thought Sony would have learnt from their mistakes of Betamax… but it seems that Sony doesn’t allow XXX-rated movies to be released on Blu-ray!
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WordPress 2.1 Released!
The long wait is over… WordPress 2.1 is out! I’ll get around to upgrading in the next few days!
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Thwaite to be Guest Speaker at Booksellers Seminar
RSB‘s Mark Thwaite is a guest speaker at the Bookseller’s Reaching Readers Online seminar. Congrats Mark!
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February 2007
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God Hates Gay Bands!
In this Internet Age of MP3 piracy, parents should keep careful watch over their children’s listening habits, specifically for homosexuality bands. God Hates Gay Bands! [via popbitch] Should I be worried about my listening habits? … and why is Elton John is on their twice? With the second time he’s marked as “really gay“! There is scary people out there kids!
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Install multiple versions of IE on your PC
I’ve known about this for ages, but came across it again today. I still have upgraded to IE7 (since I’m a Firefox convert), but if you need to run multiple versions of IE on the same PC, TredoSoft have two nice pieces of software: IE7 Standalone and MultipleIEs
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Yahoo’s Pipes
I’m reading a lot about Yahoo’s Pipes this morning… I had a quick play around with it, looks like a really easy way to mash-up data/web-services!
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Last.fm quilt
If you use Last.fm and have a blog (or MySpace), then you can put one of these shiny new album-art quilts on it!
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Mirror Man showing at 3345 Parr Street
Mirror Man is being shown at 3345 Parr Street on Thursday 22nd February – as part of the Canvas event. So if you’re in Liverpool that night, please come along! More info here and here.
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Christopher Walken and Borat’s Lovechild?
Internet Marketing gone bad… presented by the lovechild of Borat and Christopher Walken!
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AOL to support Open ID
AOL to support Open ID [via BBC]
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Father Ted Festival
The Fans of Ted have organised a festival! – I wish I’d heard about this, as I might have gone to it! ;-) [via the beeb] “That would be an ecumenical matter!” – sorry I couldn’t resist it!
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FizzBuzz Test
Jeff Atwood talks about using a FizzBuzz test for filtering out programmer applicants (who can’t code). It seems that some are over-thinking the solution!
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March 2007
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World Book Day
Today is World Book Day, along with a customary plug-link to ReadySteadyBook, (and BLB), ;-) I’ve just been reading about how to recognise a literary expert bluffer. [via BBC]
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Twittering along!
I’ve just signed up to Twitter – I have no idea why, you can view my “tweets” here. I’m using Twitteroo as my interface.
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Post Updates to Twitter right from your Firefox Search Bar!
Post Updates to Twitter right from your Firefox Search Bar! It uses the OpenSearch protocol too!
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WordPress Plugin Directory
Those great people over at WordPress.org have launched a Plugin Directory! It’s very snazzy! For information about my Category Cloud Widget, go here.
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Dodgy Missed Phonecalls
Just noticed that I had a missed call on my mobile from 02920368792, (I didn’t even hear it ring). So I googled the number. I found out it a Spam/Cold-Caller number. Now I’m a bit pee’d off, as yesterday I signed up for TSB’s text message alerts – coincidence or what?
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April 2007
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Google TiSP: Free wireless broadband
Want free in-home wireless broadband from Google? Check out TiSP!
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ForkPress: Time to switch!
Enough is enough, it’s time to start using ForkPress… along with the new K3 theme – it’s the Ultimate Blogging platform!!! (just waiting for a bbqPress integration plugin … oh, does it work with buySQL?)
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Spotting a Fake Smile
Can you spot a fake smile? – I got 18 out of 20 [cheers dan]
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Last.fm Player
I was generally using my last.fm account to keep stats of the songs/artists that I listen to… I had no interest in the Last.fm player software, as I use iTunes. Today I thought I’d give the Personal radio feature a go… I’ve become addicted, especially with the Discovery Mode enabled!
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Dodgy PNG Colour Rendering
I thought I was going mad, but it seems that browsers (specifically IE6/7 & FF) still render PNGs differently! (It’s related to the Gamma Correction and Colour Correction)
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Web Design Survey
Just took the A List Apart‘s Web Design Survey… they want to know more about people who make websites.
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Guess my age
Continuing the techniques of hotornot, ratemykitten and famousr, the b3tards been enjoying this ‘guess the age‘ game. [via b3ta]
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May 2007
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Listen to iPod through iTunes
I’ve just been trying to figure out why I couldn’t play my iPod songs via iTunes (on my laptop). Then I found this: Listen to iPod through iTunes – it’s OSX-focused, but still applies to Windows iTunes.
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24 hours of Flickr
24 hours of Flickr
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I am an ALT.NET Developer
I am an ALT.NET Developer. (more here)
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Google Maps Street View
Google have added a new feature on their maps… Panoramic street views! Check this one from the Golden Gate Bridge – could it be a tourist asking for directions? or maybe it’s a secret spy meeting? [via Dave]
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June 2007
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Greasemonkey Userscripts
I made a couple of Greasemonkey userscripts this afternoon… both related to Flickr’s machine-tags, one for IMDb and the other for Last.fm.
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Dr. Kawashima’s “More Brain Training”
Just heard about Dr. Kawashima’s “More Brain Training” … ZOMFG!!1
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iTunes Remote Web Control
rTunes – Control your iTunes library remotely, via a web-interface.
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November 2007
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Free Rice
I’m at vocab level 44… Can you do better?
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December 2007
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Harvester Killer
Fight SpamBots!
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Free the Postcode!
Free the Postcode!
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