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Entries from July 2006

Making a world out of your digital photos

July 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Photosynth - this is some super cool stuff in development at Microsoft…check out the videos for this, can you imagine coupling this with databases like flickr? That would be really awesome…

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Try this…

July 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Very cool new movie quiz - I managed 10, which is no very good…how many can you do, leave me a note in the comments

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Friday Five - people who really annoy me…

July 28th, 2006 · No Comments

In an effort to blog a little more often - I’m going to have some fun - here’s a blatantly stolen feature from Merlin Manns site, the Friday five…each Friday I’ll drop a list, if you have any more that you can add, bang them in the comments! Simple as that!
5 people who really annoy [...]

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A great sport disappearing down the tubes…

July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

I know nothing about cycling, but seeing the news that Floyd Landis - the winner of this years Tour de France - has tested positive for doping is really sad. No wonder he’s smiling though…he’s pumped full of testosterone.

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Cortney Tidwell - Don’t let the stars get you down

July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Cortney Tidwell comes from Nashville, Tennessee - home of the Grand Old Opry and all things country and western, and I have to say that my prejudice about Country nearly steered me away from this album, despite some rave reviews. However, there was mention of Kurt Wagner (Lambchop) being on one of the tracks, as [...]

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Googletalk - disappointing…

July 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

What a piece of crap…I just dropped onto gmail (where I moved all my email accounts some time back) and someone pinged me for a chat on googletalk - and whilst I know it’s still in beta (which Google products aren’t), it is an absolute shocker. Very limited features, and chronic latency which I don’t [...]

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A wash and brush up…

July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

All that black background was getting me down…like a facist shirt, and you know they need to change eventually. So, I have had a bit of a refresh…and we’re back to virginal white - with as much space for content as possible. I’ve added some funky new bits to the side bar, with my latest [...]

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