I’m not an overly big fan of Scoble but he does a good job of presenting (along with Jessica Arnold) some pretty good features of outlook 2007. I’ve tried it, and its _slow_ but apart from that its a decent piece of software and I have to say the video piece has shown me a few more things I didnt know outlook 2007 could do?
Add comment May 20th, 2006
So it’s about to start again. It’s one of those things which takes a lot of flak when its on but lots of us tune in to see whats happening. Im sure this year they will try and find the worst possible people in the world and im sure they’ve succeeded. Thing about it is that after seven years and the massive amount of press and negative publicity contestants have recieved you’d imagine that knowone would want to enter the competition but alas it seems there are muppets out there that do.
So, lets prepare for a few months of big bro television and no doubt some small talk at the office about the wankers being let into this years house. For those of you who deny watching it I dont believe you, in fact you are all closet big bro enthusiasts no doubt adding sqillions of messages to the forums out there!
Update: Indeed, they are all f****** morons. What a shocker. If Big Brother wants to encourage sex ans such why do they insist on getting a bunch of people who are obviously so incompatible. Odd. Anywho, my current favorite is Peter “Tourette’s” boy. His first words to posh boy George “Hi, how are you.. WANKER!” were perfect. Finally, why o why do the audience love camp gay man? They are grating and should just get the fuck off the TV
Add comment May 18th, 2006
Sitting at Waterloo today I was suprised to see that ReadyToSurf doesnt close all its ports before you pay. Web access if blocked and you are redirected to another “pay now” page but suprisingly accessing a remote webpage on a random port number (I have one setup) allows me straight through as does Groove and a bunch of other things. I would of thought that they would shut down access to everything but it seems not! Next step then is to setup a proxy via a alternate port web server and run mod_proxy to the beebs site or something. Small things. 
I might actually try some bit torrent to see if they are blocking specific common ports or just the standard web/mail/news ports.
Add comment May 18th, 2006
Snap.com has made to the headlines with a new style of search engine, based (it would seem) on the Google Suggest site. For me personally I think they’ve gone to public too quickly. The level of results is very small and the interface is (whilst ajaxy) not great. Google depth of results, exisiting suggest system and clean interface makes it a worthy winner everytime. Thinking about it some more I’m not sure what the point is given that there is nothing Snap.com offers to me as an extra.
Add comment May 18th, 2006
A pretty good summary of the events can be found at Valleywag. But seriously, sometimes blogging seems to be massively over-the-top. So, Michael posts up a design he likes, it really isnt that big of a deal. Arguments, resignations and such all done over the web via blogs just seems wierd, how about actually talking to the person face to face first? Thats the problem with blogs isn’t it, you react straight away and dont let things calm down and put in any thought, its all write write write.
Add comment May 17th, 2006
Google have released the “Google Notebook” which looks promising, however I cant help but feel that notes not accociated with a specific URL or domain will soon get muddled. Personally I think it would be great if they assigned a domain (e.g. labs.google.com or www.google.com) to each note you make and they only appear when you are at that page - for me its MUCH more useful. Im sure being able to search through the whole lot will be a good idea but my proposed addition makes sense to me.
IN addition, the ability to have the notebook as a sidebar would also be beneficial, I appreciate the small icon and such but a permenant sidebar which doesnt interfere or overlay on the browser would be better.
In all it’s good but I wont be using it until some changes are made.
Edit: Also, WHY do Google consistantly develop applications for Microsoft Internet Explorer first? The reality is that the majority of those who WANT to test these apps first and spread the word are usually devout Firefox users or any other browser than IE.
Add comment May 16th, 2006
“England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has admitted he picked Arsenal teenager Theo Walcott for the World Cup despite never having seen him play a match.”
Good on you Sven. Sometimes these type of pickings whilst on the face of it look odd and probably stupid are also the moments of inspiration which lead to good things. Lets hope that he picks the good teams and leaves out the waste of space that is David “Im only playing because I make the team money” Beckham.
Seriously, Beckham is a strain on the team and he should be left behind in England to advertise Pepsi some more.
Add comment May 9th, 2006
Is this the best show on the planet? I think so.
Clarkson, Teeth and Hippyboy just go from strength to strength in what is probably the most funny TV show on. This week sees them create a convertible people carrier which is tested at a zoo and in a car wash, the stig crashes a £400,000 car and James Hewitt is unknown when he races the modestly priced car. Is it any wonder this is one of the most downloaded UK shows out there? It’s brilliant and if you have watched it you should. Roll on episode 2.
1 comment May 8th, 2006
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