Archive for September, 2006

I need a new watch

Posted at 4:33pm on Friday, September 29th, 2006 by

And I may have found just the one.

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Sage advice

Posted at 2:33pm on Friday, September 29th, 2006 by

Gawd bless Northampton General Hospital for their wonderful advice.

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Starry starry night

Posted at 1:16pm on Thursday, September 28th, 2006 by

The lights are going out in Iceland this week so people can gaze at the night sky.

How very, erm, Scandinavian.

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Inflatable church

Posted at 9:56pm on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 by

Tie the knot anywhere (apparently)

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Nokia tries to make us make the most of the phone… again…

Posted at 9:32pm on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 by

This is interesting from two angles… Firstly, Nokia are paying ‘experts’ to make recommendations for their new music service, and secondly they are still pushing to get us to start using the phone for anything other than making calls. The phone manufacturers and the telcos clearly need to differentiate themselves (hence Telco 2.0 and it’s ilk). The Sony W800 and Nokia N91 would love to be iPod killers. Is a recommendations service the way into that market?

As an aside, who would have thought that paying experts in their field for their opinion would be a good idea?

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Nearly good, but not quite

Posted at 9:49pm on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 by

Customise your own StarWars merchandise. Unfortunately Lucas are still so sensitive about their brand that you can’t add your own text. Which rather ruins that plan that I had for a Chewbacca t-shirt…

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MSNSPCC

Posted at 8:49pm on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 by

There really is a Flickr group for everything
Found at i like

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The inevitable controversy begins

Posted at 8:36pm on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 by

India ask ICC to drop Hair

It was indeed inevitable that one of the Asian nations would ask the ICC to stop Hair standing in matches at the Champions Trophy. India, as hosts, were likely to be the ones to go first… It’s unlikely they’ll be the last.

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Instructions for everything on Google

Posted at 8:22pm on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 by

It’s a serious problem that Google (and the other search engines) find every document on the web, whether it was intended to be public or not. There’s been a few reports recently about the use of manuals found online for nefarious purposes. The latest is this doozy – hacker uses online maual to reprogram an ATM to deliver $20 bills instead of fives… Sweet. I particularly like the fact it took 9 days for anyone to own up to the fact that they were getting 4 times the money.

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Hair expects swift umpiring return

Posted at 2:08pm on Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 by

Hmm… I’m down to stand in the Champion’s Trophy. Not if they’ve finished stitching you up like a kipper by then, mate. And it’s not like you don’t deserve it either…

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