Who’s got the best power plug? Crave UK answers the question with their tongue somewhat in cheek. Could there be any bias with their choice for the #1 plug? I guess the writers don’t travel much and don’t care about size. Also, perhaps anthropomorphism is a bit too highly ranked? More intelligent ways to be shocked. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Holy Kaw!
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My plug is better than yours
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25 wackiest NYC Marathon costumes
6 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pmRunning 26.2 miles while sucking down polluted urban air wasn’t quite difficult enough for some jogging fools competing in the New York City Marathon last week, so a handful of creative folks decided to extend Halloween an extra day and run the race while donning costumes. Photogs spotted clowns, super heroes, Uncle Sam, nuns and even an apparently alive Michael Jackson. Lucky for you, you didn’t have to travel all the way to the Big Apple to check out all the shenanigans because Buzz Feed has collected images of the 25 best costumes at the 2009 NYC marathon. Enjoy (and feel lazy… -
Tech that refuses to die
6 Nov 2009 | 10:26 pmCall them the Jason Vorhees of technology—gadgets that just won’t die, no matter how many times you kill ‘em with a chain saw. Tech moves fast,—remember, like 10 years ago you probably had a pager in your pocket—but why is it that some technology seems completely resistant to kicking the bucket? From cables that remain tangled under your desk to the hipsters’ audio format of choice, vinyl, CNet highlights eight tech items that refuse to meet the Grim Reaper. Even Twitter makes a surprise entry on the list. Check out the full list, including why the sans… -
How to change
6 Nov 2009 | 10:09 pmWant to change? Then, according to Peter Bregman, just change one thing. In his case he stopped consuming large amounts of sugar. For me, it would be carbohydrates. But the article isn’t really about dieting—it’s about how to become a better business person, so read it and reap. More Lifehacks. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Guess who is a Glamour woman of the year?
6 Nov 2009 | 9:56 pmIt’s going to be a long time before I post about anything in Glamour, but this is a special occasion. The magazine named Google’s Marissa Mayer as one of the women of the year for 2009. Joining her is “refuse to use Bluetooth” Maria Shriver and others. The only reason Matt Cutts didn’t win is that he’s a man—despite the concerted efforts of SEO consultants around the world to game the voting.. More, albeit less glamourous, news about Google. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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FriendsReunited advert – wtf?
2 Nov 2009 | 3:14 amI’m almost speechless. Where to start? So FriendsReunited is now owned by Brightsolid, a subsidiary of comic publisher DC Thompson, which paid £25 million in August but still hasn’t added the sites to the official website. (edit: This is due to the fact the purchase is being looked at by regulators, and is therefore not complete). And their first move is to buy traditional TV advertising? Unless… The fact that Brightsolid owns findmypast.com and the advert clearly positions GenesReunited on an equal footing to FriendsReunited gives one indication where things are going. And… -
UK Govt – tackling piracy but in court on privacy!
31 Oct 2009 | 2:08 amQuite funny seeing which stories followed each other on PaidContent this morning – one story is following the response from UK ISPs to Lord Mandelson’s proposal to disconnect illegal filesharers – but that immediately followed that the EC has set a two month deadline to overhaul UK rules on digital privacy.Or the UK Govt will end up in court. Interestingly, it appears the EC are reacting fairly strongly to the UK passing of behavourial-targetting technology, e.g Phorm, but meanwhile France already has a law forcing ISPs to identify filesharers and using a three-strikes rule… -
Bit late in sharing this brilliance – perfect for a Friday
30 Oct 2009 | 4:50 amI’ve seen this posted elsewhere (Hat tip to Rax and Dave) but it’s too good not to share on the off-chance you haven’t seen it. It’s a lovely Flash app monitoring stats on social media compiled original in September by Gary Hayes, and is very good, entertaining, enlightening, and potentially scary if you’re nervous about what’s happening in digital. Make sure you also check the Mobile and Gaming tabs… And it ties in brilliantly with a recent quote from Leo LaPorte’s Net@Night Show (I always listed to This Week in Tech, but missed this episode of… -
My most popular posts for October…
28 Oct 2009 | 9:03 amThere’s just a few days left in the month, and a combination of work, family illnesses and Forza Motorsport 3 are limiting my blogging, so I thought I’d take a look at which posts were most popular this month: Taking first spot was my theory that the Nokia N97 is the ultimate geek phone. Which obviously went down well with iPhone and Android fans as well as N97 owners. Strangely a post from January of this year got picked up for a bit of a resurgence – The best G1 application , augmented reality and Moore’s Law. I guess everyone else has finally caught onto this… -
Valentino Rossi wins 9th world title – lessons for everyone
26 Oct 2009 | 12:36 amValentino Rossi secured his ninth world championship title yesterday, cementing his position as the greatest motocycle racer of all time. He’s claimed titles on five different types of motorcycle (125cc,250cc,500cc two strokes and 990 and 800cc four-strokes), lapped 0.5 seconds slower than Michael Schumacher in an F1 car and won events in a WRC rally car. What’s also important is that since 2000, when Rossi arrived in the premier class on a 500cc GP motorcycle, he has been teamed with probably the best chief engineer in motorcycling, Jeremy Burgess, and a tightly-knit pit crew…
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badgergravling: If you're not a bike fan, you'll be pleased to know tomorrow is the last MotoGP race of the season. I suspect my other half is!
7 Nov 2009 | 10:06 ambadgergravling: If you're not a bike fan, you'll be pleased to know tomorrow is the last MotoGP race of the season. I suspect my other half is! -
badgergravling: Loving the facy my son's vocabulary seems to grow every day. And he's already producing comedy gold...
7 Nov 2009 | 10:03 ambadgergravling: Loving the facy my son's vocabulary seems to grow every day. And he's already producing comedy gold... -
badgergravling: @pjeedai So have you missed the train again or just gone for beer?
6 Nov 2009 | 10:28 ambadgergravling: @pjeedai So have you missed the train again or just gone for beer? -
badgergravling: @Whatleydude I'm following Arkham Asylum and Forza with MW2 so I'll forward to dying alongside you at some point...
6 Nov 2009 | 7:05 ambadgergravling: @Whatleydude I'm following Arkham Asylum and Forza with MW2 so I'll forward to dying alongside you at some point... -
badgergravling: @tojulius You should make a bid on Ebay's offices - maybe they forgot to put a reserve on?
6 Nov 2009 | 7:02 ambadgergravling: @tojulius You should make a bid on Ebay's offices - maybe they forgot to put a reserve on?
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Not long left to join twitter crowdsourcing experiment
5 Nov 2009 | 1:01 amThis Twitter crowdsourcing experiment was set up by regular 140char.com contributor Lauren Fisher over on her agency site at SimplyZesty, so here’s an explanation from Lauren herself: Using Twitter to crowdsource the world in 72 hours. Well not exactly the world, but England, America and Ireland at least. That’s the challenge we’ve set ourselves and we’re relying on word of mouth to make the experiment work. The project started just under 48 hours ago and was originally intended just for Ireland. It soon gained traction and buzz so we decided to roll it out to England… -
Find the most popular tweeted brands on Twitter quickly
2 Nov 2009 | 6:31 amIf you want to find the most popular brands on Twitter in terms of mentions, you could spend some time setting up various monitoring systems. Or you can just go to TweetedBrands and see which 50 companies are getting the most mentions in any one day. It’s simple and effective for a quick overview, and each mention number links to the appropriate Twitter search. TweetedBrands And that’s about it, other than to say it was produced as part of the 24 hour business camp. -
Twitter lists continue to create interest
31 Oct 2009 | 10:29 amI may have already written about Twitter lists, but certainly the interest in them hasn’t started to wane yet. In addition to everyone and their blogging dog creating posts on the lists you really, definitely, absolutely should follow, Mark Drapeau has an interesting post on O’Reilly Radar, in which he puts forward the idea that Twitter lists are a more organic metric than the number of followers/RTs an individual has. Meanwhile the two rivals for most comprehensive Twitter client, Tweetdeck and Seesmic, have both revealed the imminent inclusion of list functionality:… -
Listorious is quick off the mark to find best Twitter Lists
30 Oct 2009 | 4:19 amWith about half of Twitter users able to access Twitter Lists as they’re rolled out to everyone, independant Twitter list directory Listorious has been quick to launch and offer curated lists on a range of topics. It’s interesting to see whether the relatively peer-led recommendation of Twitter lists will displace directories of individual users grouped by category such as WeFollow and Twellow. Obviously there are concerns about both the follower-inflation that everyone has seen from the Suggested User List presented to new users, as well as individuals worried about being… -
What are you using Posterous for?
28 Oct 2009 | 9:16 amI’m really intrigued to find out what other people are using Posterous for. The ease with which you can post by email, and send images and video which are automatically resized means I keep toying with it for various things but haven’t found something which has got me using in regularly (I’ve already got two self-hosted Wordpress blogs including this one, and a pretty active Twitter account etc). I know that Steve Rubel is using it as his main place to post in a lifestreaming style. And the Austin American Stateman newspaper used it to crowdsource images from readers. Plus…
