In an article posted on Oilman's blog there is a story about a guy looking for a girl he met in an airport, I posted a note about it yesterday. I also came across a comment by IrishWonder on the same post : Am I being too cynical or is it a cool case of […]
A new article at emarketer, based on the latest Technorati report illustrates how the blogosphere is now at over 35 million blogs. The average rate at which new blogs are created each day means that a new blog is created nearly every second of the day ! In August 2003 there were 0.5 million blogs […]
A young French man (why young, just a guess actually) called Kevin Amoros, seems to have met the love of his life in an airport. The problem is that he didn't get her number or her name for that matter, but love "gives you wings" as they say in French. So he placed an advert […]
If you enjoyed listening to the Pink Martini album below, Hang On Little Tomato, you may well find these links very interesting. Two recordings of Pink Martini in the KCRW studios, taken from the Hang on little tomato album : Une Notte A Napoli Hang On Little Tomato There is also an interesting interview with […]
Bush explains he listens to the Beatles on his iPod. Now this most probably doesn't sound much of a sensational piece of information does it ? The problem is that the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) professes that transferring a song from a CD to MP3 file ; ripping a song from a CD […]
An alarm system is extra insurance from my perspective that gives you piece of mind since there is little I can do about the global picture that leads to burglaries. Spiegel's interview with Kenneth Rogoff from Harvard can probably be considered similar to an alarm. In effect Rogoff discusses the alarming effect that 'unbridled capitalism' […]
While I was in Paris I came across so many women of my age and slightly older that were, to put it mildly getting uptight about having babies. I recently had a girlfriend after two weeks asking me if I had thought about kids ! OK, we had been out before, but, wow, two weeks. […]
A short video parody of what Microsoft would probably have done, had they been in charge of advertising for Apple's iPod product : Ooooh it is soooo bad making fun of Microsoft 😉
I have only started blogging recently, even though I have been building web sites for nearly twelve years. What I find interesting about blogs is how people define them. I have tried to define blogs in two distinctive ways : A (1 to 13) : from a functional and technical perspective B (1 to 7) […]
I must say before you view it : a) There are no nude images or indecent images b) There is some language that will be considered by some as indecent but the language is not really vulgar c) It may be recommended to not listen to it out loud at work 😉 d) If you […]
In an article on the New York Times (free registration required) it seems journalists are having to take Google into account on top of the readers and the editors in order to attract Google ! The titles targeting Google are considered to be boring by journalists more often than not. Part of the craft of […]
Dr. Hallowell was the first to name Attention Deficit Disorder in 1995. He is convinced that without a name certain of society's present issues are neither fully understood nor dealt with. An example of a neology set to conquer a new insidious ailment many of us are faced with: Screensucking, which he defines as "wasting […]
At multi-part article at Daily Kos discusses different ways technology can or is being used to track people. Beware some of the items discussed may give you the shivers...
An article from Fast Company tells the story of Josh Rushing an ex-Marine who has resigned his commission within the US army to become a host on Al Jazeera International (AJI). This would be a new channel in English aimed at reaching a larger population, set to launch in Spring AJI has already poached staff […]
In a New York Times article, journalist Jack Hitt discusses the effects that criminalizing abortion has had on El Salvador. The article is not only nicely written it slowly brings you in to a country that's catholic beliefs are putting women in prison for up to 30 years should they have, or participate in, an […]
