Thursday, January 10, 2008

Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!

I am appalled at the concept of taking people’s domain ideas and registering it before the consumer has the ability to manually register the domain.
Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices

If you want to save money on your petrol costs, you need to shop around to find which of your local service stations is the cheapest. And plan ahead to make sure you buy at the cheap time of the week too.
Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO)

Yup!
Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO)

FaxBox: the latest in password scams

Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting.
FaxBox: the latest in password scams

10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

1. "I'm a specialist — in marketing myself as a health expert."
etc
10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You

1. "If you're still here in April, it'll be a miracle."
etc
10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You

The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo

The secrete messages in Google's 2008 logo revealed. Google put silently two hidden messages in its 2008 logo. Google is celebrating 25 years of TCP/IP and the New Year.
The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo

ikea hacker

A blog about hacking Ikea stuff.
ikea hacker

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b

Ah, memories! This is the first browser I can remember using back in either late 1994 or early 1995....I still remember the joy of the first screen appearing (the dawn of the age of Internet discovery!) and actually getting this and that Trumpet Winsock thing to work....
Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b

Saturday, January 05, 2008

American Dialect Society Word of the Year

In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year.
American Dialect Society Word of the Year

Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to work with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar. Many marketing departments are setting up their own video and animation studios for everything from product demonstrations to webinars, and an increasing number of companies such as Brightcove are helping to deliver and syndicate video on the web. The good news is there are also lots of free applications for video and animation on the web.
Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

Friday, January 04, 2008

General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers

This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information in the Summary and under Safety and Security: Terrorism (update), Civil Unrest/Political Tension (update), Crime (update), Local Travel (new section), Airline Safety (update), Natural Disasters (update), Local Customs (update) and Health Issues (update).
General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers

5 New Year's Resolutions You Owe Yourself

We questioned health professionals and plumbed the scientific literature in a quest for the most life-enhancing New Year's resolutions possible.
5 New Year's Resolutions You Owe Yourself

World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places

Where toxic pollution and human habitation collide with devastating effects.
World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places

Should "Decimate" be Annihilated?

For the past few decades, Lake Superior State University has issued an annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.” Candidates for “banished words” are nominated by the public at large, and then a committee decides on the final selection, which is released every year on New Year’s Day. The 2008 list is a typical mix of terms deemed by the committee to be clichéd, improperly used, or objectionable in some other way.
Should "Decimate" be Annihilated?

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Top 15 Amazing Coincidences

Life is full of coincidences, some very minor, but occasionally - extraordinary. This is a list of 15 of the most incredible, unbelievable coincidences.
Top 15 Amazing Coincidences

Australian Government Equates Freedom Of Speech To Liking Kiddie Porn

It will not only take all of two minutes to bypass the great firewall of Australia, and worse still it will actually provide a false sense of security to parents who will wrongly believe that the internet is now a safe place for their children, when it still isn’t. 'Nuff said...
Australian Government Equates Freedom Of Speech To Liking Kiddie Porn

Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions

Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions after the zeal of 1/1/08 has worn off.
Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards

19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions

We’ve come up with 19 photo-related New Year’s resolutions that’ll have you learning more, practicing more, and taking more risks in two thousand and awesome. So here they are: 19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions. Pick even one, and you’re likely to leave 2008 with vastly improved photographic skills.
19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions