Jan 08 2012
I read during the week that the Collins Dictionaries are now available online in Collins launches free dictionary site.
The dictionary site seems very nice, and I am going to try using it as my main online dictionary.
The address is www.collinsdictionary.com.
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Jan 07 2012
A humorous story for Saturday afternoon…
A group of 3,000 Swedish file sharers have succeeded in getting their organisation, called the Church of Kopimism, recognised as a religion by the Swedish authorities.
The full story is Sweden recognises church of file sharing as a religion.
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Jan 01 2012
Happy New Year everybody! I hope that it will be a good one for you! I thought that I would start the year with something light-hearted :)
I have not been following the recent Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) arguments, but I know enough about it to know that I am against it :) Anyway, I came across the following humorous comment by Dave Piscitello:
If #SOPA passes, supporters will seek to change Internet’s TCP/IP to Trademark Copyright Patent/Intellectual Property
Enjoy!
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Dec 17 2011
This week I heard of another fun Google Bomb – a search for “what defines an English person” takes you to the Wikipedia definition of Cunt!
Unsurprisingly, this may not be suitable for viewing in work!
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Dec 13 2011
I came across an article containing many interesting facts and figures today – The mobile web in numbers.
I am sure that I will have many occasions to reference this article in the next few months!
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Dec 01 2011
A nice infographic showing how Skype is used (click image to see larger version):
Look Who's Talking (Copyright Skype)
I think that the image originally came from Tony Bates Weighs in on Microsoft’s Acquisition of Skype.
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Nov 19 2011
I came across the Chuck Norris Google Bomb today:
Google won’t search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don’t find Chuck Norris, he finds you.
The URL is http://www.nochucknorris.com/.
Oct 19 2011
Happy Birthday Teknovis!
You are now three years old!
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Oct 16 2011
I read an article yesterday claiming that tablet users consume more online news. See Tablets Drive Deeper News Consumption [STUDY].
Yes – I am definitely one of those people!
The thing that really annoys me about certain news websites (RTE, The Irish Times, BBC) is that their RSS feeds only contain the first line of the news story, and then I have to browse a very heavy desktop page to read the rest of the story. I wish that they would provide either a full feed, or a second feed with the full articles!
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Oct 03 2011
Somebody was discussing the virtues and dangers of Facebook with me recently, and he subsequently sent me this cartoon summarising his feelings :)
Facebook and You
In fairness, this could equally be applied to Amazon‘s new Silk browsing experience! See Amazon’s Silk looks creepily Phorm-ulaic.
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