Archive for April, 2007
Yahaool? AOL new home page looks purty familar
As spotted in a feed somewhere in my masses of news feeds this morning, the new AOL page – looks quite a bit like Yahoo!, doesn’t it?
Click on the thumbnail to see a comparison (it’s a 2.8mb animated gif).
[Note - I was accessing AOL's site from work and it appears to be missing some content [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007 under Stuff, Tech.
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BBC News Imagery – Literal as ever
Another fine example of BBC news editors for the website using related images without thinking beyond the obvious. In this piece about wireless security, we learn that WPA security can be cracked but only through brute force attacks (throwing all manner of words from a dictionary until you get the correct answer). So they helpfully [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007 under Humour, Uncategorized.
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If you’re ever in Australia, you just gotta try this …
Well, that’s what I always use to say to people: "You have got to check out the Boost bars in Aus – they are to die for." I’ve oft lamented the fact that back here in the UK we don’t seem to have anything that quite matches up. Sure, there are fruit juice and shakes [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007 under Stuff.
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Super, Smashing, Great
Shortly after SXSW Interactive wrapped up this year I received an email from someone asking if I’d be willing to answer a few questions about my web design processes. It was kinda funny in that I’m not usually all that methodical where process is concerned (!), and most times I’m hard pushed to call myself [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2007 under Tech.
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Amazon says ‘5 Stars’
It’s been a while since I looked at how my book has been doing. It arrived in printed format just over a year ago, so it’s a little off the radar now, if you catch my drift. Today, though, I had a look on Amazon.com for something and my book came up as a recommendation, [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2007 under Tech, Writing.
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