November 29, 2008
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I'm in the European city of the year for the weekend. No thats not a invite to break into my Manchester Pad but a interesting fact I picked up from the local paper (the evening post) today. I can't work … Continue reading
November 29, 2008
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So I attended Amplified 2008 at Nesta yesterday. It was a interesting event for many reasons, but I had one burning question. As expected it was like a mini BarCamp but over 4 hours. Yes only 4 hours. This was … Continue reading
November 24, 2008
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Another reason not to buy a apple laptop me thinks. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)—you can't live with it, but you practically can't buy an HD-capable device anymore without it. While HDCP is typically used in devices like Blu-ray players, … Continue reading
November 23, 2008
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Channel4's Cutting Edge documentary Rich Kid Poor Kid was quite something. I only heard about it from a comment someone made. Generally the idea of the show was to question two kids who live on the same street in South … Continue reading
November 20, 2008
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Ok need to keep this short because I'm typing on the small keyboard of the acer aspire. Its ok for my fat fingers but certainly not like my lovely dell keyboard or even better my ibm keyboard at home. So … Continue reading
November 17, 2008
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150 pounds from Comet in White City, Manchester. The box was opened so I got a discount. Otherwise the machine is brand new. Its the basic model with Linux, 8gig Solid state drive and only 512meg of Ram. I'm expecting … Continue reading
November 17, 2008
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Emma's Guide to Great BarCamping View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: guide barcamp) I picked this up via a twitter from Nicole Simon and had a quick read while getting ready to go out for a lunch meeting. … Continue reading
November 17, 2008
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I love what David Sifry and team have done in Offbeat guides. Offbeat Guides create personalized, up-to-date travel guides that cover over 30,000 travel destinations, using a combination of search technology and curation by both amateur and professional travel experts. … Continue reading
November 15, 2008
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So I've been thinking about getting a Netbook (or cloud terminal as I like to call them). Mainly because of weight and portability. The Acer Inspire really grabs me with its cheap price and solid state memory drive. But I … Continue reading
November 13, 2008
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Its been highly talked about. Is Twitterank out to steal your password or not? There is a disclaimer saying there not out to steal your twitterz. But I got to say Brianoberkirch has this right. Twitterrank is a vast conspiracy … Continue reading
November 12, 2008
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I've been clearing out my junk box recently and found a number of things. One of them was a email from Diana from Moixaenergy aka USBcell.com. Good afternoon, Please find our press release today outlining Moixa Energy’s new Alkaline Awareness … Continue reading
November 10, 2008
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I have playing with playing cards most of the night. Seems while I was sleeping that I came up with a card game which seems to be like werewolf/mafia but very different. I was reading up about game theory to … Continue reading
November 8, 2008
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There's something very powerful about being able to remix the images, audio and media around us. This is a great example of remixing found via Miss Geeky blog Comments [Comments] Trackbacks [0]
November 7, 2008
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According to Marshall Kirkpatrick over at the Read Write Web, community management jobs are hot. What kinds of jobs are companies hiring for right now? In the move towards a social media world, we've seen a series of hires in … Continue reading
November 6, 2008
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I think Stowe Boyd is a very clever man he's thoughts behind social tools run very deep. And rightly so, while the rest of us were trying to grapple with social anything, he coined the term social tools and understood … Continue reading