Archive for March 2005
What’s with WordPress? 31 Mar 2005
There has been some suggestions that WordPress has been raising money by hosting a lot (168,000) articles on unrelated topics on it’s servers and using it’s high page rank to drive traffic their way. The links are hidden on the WordPress home page, visible if you look at the code, but not if you simply [...]
Donnie Darko 30 Mar 2005
This is part of my section on alternative film recommendations, check out the Films to See category for other recommendations. Now, a lot of people in the UK will have heard of Donnie Darko. It was championed by a Radio 1 DJ, and one of the songs from the soundtrack was Christmas number 1 in [...]
Outta Time 27 Mar 2005
I was talking with my Dutch colleagues again the other day and was amazed at some more strange (at least to me) things in the Dutch language. Take numbers for example. The Dutch are all fine up to 20, then they do something strange. 21 for example, is said (in Dutch) 1 and 20. Now, [...]
It’s Rubbing Off 25 Mar 2005
I’m starting to think I’ve been ‘in country’ too long. The reason for this is I have found myself saying ‘yeah-yeah’ a lot, and I can’t stop. A lot of my Dutch colleagues say it (well ‘yah-yah’) and I’m assuming I’ve picked it up from them. I’ve tried controlling it and I can’t, I only [...]
Building Big 23 Mar 2005
I’m loving the images of Hong Kong’s architecture by Michael Wolf, some mind-bending stuff. Hat tips to Kottke and Lens Culture for bringing them to my attention.
Shaun of the Dead 21 Mar 2005
This is part of my section on alternative film recommendations, check out the Films to See category for other recommendations. Zombie movies aren’t something I usually make a beeline for I must confess, but Shaun of the Dead is different. The filmmakers argue that it’s actually a Zom Rom Com (i.e. a Zombie Romantic Comedy), [...]
Laughter 19 Mar 2005
Apparently laughter is a survival trait, a way of showing an enemy that you are no threat, it’s also a stress reliever and is clinically proven to be good for you, boosting your immune response for example. Everybody laughs differently, but on the whole (and with wonderfully numerous exceptions) men laugh with their whole body, [...]
del.icio.us 17 Mar 2005
I think del.icio.us is missing a trick. Del.icio.us, for those who don’t know, is a service that allows you to create an account to store your favourite links to websites so that you (and anyone else) can find them. It also groups these up by ‘tags’ (categories) and let’s everyone know how many of the [...]
The Browser Has Spoken 15 Mar 2005
It’s funny how you can find the truth in the strangest of places. I was surfing around when I looked at the titlebar of Internet Explorer and was presented with a divine message. I’d say that was a good description of IE and in fact, Microsoft itself.
Print Option 13 Mar 2005
If I’m surfing about and I’m not in the mood to read an article then and there, because I don’t have time for example, or I want to grab something to read later (a frequent occurrence when you don’t have permanent net access), I often print it to pdf and save it. Needless to say, [...]