Nov 2006

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Snazzy new MySpace profile

30 Nov 06 Filed in:Blogging

We went mad and monochromed our profile to try and contrast with the unsubtle techno bull colors indigenous to mytacky Space dot com.

Also, thanks to Springwidget for bringing us into the 21st Century, and then some with their duh, widgets!

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Social networking mystery. Are there enough people in the world to go round?

30 Nov 06 Filed in:Internet

80 million on MySpace, 25 million on Bebo, (yes who?) and then there is Friendster, Classmates, Xanga, MSN Spaces, Yahoo 360, hi5, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, Sconex, CrushSpot, Multiply, Orkut, Tagworld, Tagged, Piczo, Mooble, WAYN, ASmallWorld, MyYearBook, Cyworld, ProfileHeaven, Fropper and EveryonesConnected. (The Guardian UK) Where do all these people come from, and how do they find time to work, study, and maintain real-world relationships?

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Radio Shack, podcasting and Movie Beam

29 Nov 06 Filed in:Shopping

Further to our "How to podcast" blog, we got to thinking that perhaps we were too casual with our hardware selection - the internal microphone on a 4-year old Mac laptop, period. So, in order to be taken more seriously, we went in search of the perfect omni-directional microphone. The staff at Radio Shack were full of fine advice and a few wisecracks.

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How to podcast for the rest of us

28 Nov 06 Filed in:Internet

Look around the web for hints and tips on how to create a podcast and I bet they all say, get a good musician-quality microphone and a sound mixer and a wind shield and a ... What a load of twaddle. I bet Boing Boing have got all that equipment, and look what it did for them. Follow our 10 steps to podcast nirvana.

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The Pisstakers crowned! Will Google find us now?

26 Nov 06 Filed in:Internet

Have you noticed how you cannot lose nowadays? There are rewards just for entering competitions. We get prizes for losing. Kids even get a grade plus a certificate for "Did not fail". After going through Wordtracker, checking the relevancy of our keywords, we need a little love right now as well. The words peppered throughout our site were clearly derived from gut feelings, not SEO knowledge!

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Enterprising Indian webmasters blogging for gold

26 Nov 06 Filed in:Blogging

When economists and share tippers and money folks talk about how well the US economy or the London FTSE are doing, remember turbo-turbanned India! Its economy is growing at a faster rate than either powerhouse can match, and it promises to be a racy future ahead for the intrepid former British colonists, especially the IT fraternity.

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John C Dvorak needs more quotes!

24 Nov 06 Filed in:John C Dvorak

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If you look behind the scenes of the excellent John C Dvorak Uncensored blog, you will see a very clear resumé of the blog phenomenon ie The criteria for formatting, linking, the ethos, the whys and wherefores. Therefore, why does such a guru not get the reason for the confusion over his blockquotes? Try putting a decent size quote mark at the beginning and end of quotations - per your resumé of the blog phenomenon?

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Crazy egg turns on the heat

21 Nov 06 Filed in:Web design

This isn't a screen shot of our homepage being lasered or bombed off the internet - although the one-time 30-second surfers would probably give a hearty round of applause if it were. No, this is us Crazy-egging, finding out exactly where visitors click on the site. Exactly, like to the millimeter! Coo-ull huh? Priceless and free.

Armed with this information, our upcoming revolving, flashing adsense and sign up for free love links are going to go right on top of the link to our web/tech stories. Brilliant.

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We know a fool & a Motley Fool

20 Nov 06 Filed in:Shopping

If you want a really good stock tip, don't listen to anything that Motley Fool money expert, Seth Jayson has to say about APPL shares.

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Overheard in Bucharest

19 Nov 06 Filed in:Blogging

The Overheard in Bucharest tributes are living in our blog review department

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Prolific forum contributors

19 Nov 06 Filed in:Websites

There is nothing wrong with being helpful, and nothing wrong with frequenting a forum, but do Apple, Digg and Wondir contributors have no life outside the computer room?

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Wonderful Wondir

18 Nov 06 Filed in:Wondir

Wondir is a good idea - ask a question and if the robot doesn't come up with an answer, then a human contributor will fill in the gaps. A shame that spammers have diluted its effectiveness, but it is still good entertainment. This is the technology feed. Why not ask a question!! or get Wondir for yourself.

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Laptop batteries that blow - up.

18 Nov 06 Filed in:Computers

The video on exploding laptop batteries has moved to the Web videos sectionKeep on reading, dude

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My life courtesy of iTunes shuffle

15 Nov 06 Filed in:MP3

Remember when you break up with that someone special (barf barf) as a teenager and all you then hear on the radio are songs about breaking up, crying, suicide? I read a post on putting your life story to music! It sounded really dumb, actually, until I tried it - or maybe I just got lucky with the coincidences.

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Basic blog or a community?

14 Nov 06 Filed in:Websites

There is an increasing number of people who visit this site at least once a week, so there is a suggestion that we are doing something at least half interesting.

As part of our general plan to do this properly and make the blog sustainable, we are in the process of cranking up the features on the website. Let us know what you think, and most importantly what doesn't work or do it for you.

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Browsers, browsers, everywhere

14 Nov 06

The browser wars video has moved to the Web videos sectionKeep on reading, dude

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Is your website's homepage boring?

13 Nov 06 Filed in:Web design

According to pod-caster, web designer and accessibility guru, Paul Boag, one of the worst ways to kick off a homepage is stick in a long spiel about how great and wonderful you are. That makes for a boring first impression, indeed!

We went a few stages deeper into the world of boring or defective homepages.

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Is your site content being copied?

13 Nov 06 Filed in:Websites

You spend days, weeks or months preparing content and uploading, tweaking, and loading some more. You rack up some financial costs too. Unless you are a pirate, the website software sets you back a few to a few hundred dollars, or if you are an incompetent like us, you stomp up the crown jewels for a developer's time and expertise.

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Blow away the baby on CD

12 Nov 06 Filed in:Shopping

There was a time when a crib, a humming mum, or a rocking pair of daddy arms was enough stimulus get the baby to sleep. In more recent times, rock-a-bye baby methods went more hi-tech and parents used to get in their cars and drive till the motion, noise and heater sent the little one into a deep slumber. But, as gas prices have risen to astronomical levels, a hunt has been on for alternative measures.

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A trip through Coco Rosie's website

11 Nov 06 Filed in:Blogging

Coco Rosie has tripped over to the Pisstakers website review department.
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Tour a Pisstakers' Powerbook - the innards

08 Nov 06 Filed in:Computers

An age-old photo that can tell a few stories!

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Rick Santorum - a Google precedent

08 Nov 06 Filed in:Websites

One of the many visitors to the Spreading santorum webpage - the one about all things wrong with the Republican congressman, have put out the word to get to number one in google.

Thanks for sharing, C.L. Spreadingsantorum.com is currently the second thing that comes up when you search "Rick Santorum," and that is simply unacceptable. So let's get to work people: Google "Rick Santorum," then click on this webpage. Let's get on top of Rick Santorum -- it's where we belong!

So that is how you do it?!!!

Ed the Editor, click, Ed the Editor, click, Ed the Editor, click,　Ed the Editor, click,　Ed the Editor, click, Oh well, still number 1,250,000!

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OSX Macarena miracle from Symantec

04 Nov 06 Filed in:Software

Symantec have done it - they have discovered a virus that can affect a folder! Trumpets, cameras, inaction.

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Win a Scion Xb - full size version!

02 Nov 06 Filed in:Scion

So we try not to rely on one-liners for satirical effect, but this ad from Cincinnati weekly is worth breaking the rules for.

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Scion haters end up loving them

02 Nov 06 Filed in:Scion

We are beginning to worry now because it seems like real fanatics of the Scion Xb were initially as repulsed as we were the first time they saw a boxy gimpy Toyota wannabe.

I loved the ax and wondered who the hell would ever buy that (Xb) box and look, 3 years, I finally had the money and now I'm driving that ugly box that no one would ever drive

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