Archive for October, 2009

Twitter?s lists make Chris Brogan feel bad

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Chris Brogan wrote that Twitter’s Lists make Chris Brogan feel bad. Why? Because he sees them as exclusionary. Chris doesn’t like that lists exclude people, by their very design. Here, look ... Read more..

Upcoming Bug Hunts!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

As we near completion of the 2.9 milestone, it’s that time of dev cycle again, when we ask all you community developers who’ve been putting off contributing to core to ... Read more..

Calling all Web Hosting Companies

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Be helpful, even to people who want to take their business somewhere else. It’s a tough thing to do sometimes, but I want to have the most complete list of ... Read more..

Why I switch services so often (why I don?t use Google Reader anymore)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Terry Storch, over on Twitter, noticed I was slamming Google Reader and wrote “is it me…or did you go from Google Reader being the best thing in tech, to Google ... Read more..

English wine gets a helping hand… from Space

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

English vineyards have signed up to use a harvest optimisation scheme based on data gathered from satellites. Read more..

How much will you give us? Thieves take 1km of phone wire

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Hundreds of people are left without their landline phone service for nearly 48 hours after thieves steal 1km (0.6 mile) of copper cabling. Read more..

Language lab

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A multi-lingual net is a good thing, says Bill Thompson Read more..

Fallout 3 crowned ‘game of year’

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Fallout 3 scoops ultimate game of the year at the Golden Joysticks, with Call of Duty also taking home a trio of awards. Read more..

Water world

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Satellite that will map the Earth's water cycle Read more..

Man denies ‘Trojan’ webcam virus

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

An IT expert has denied sending out a computer virus which allowed him to spy on strangers using their webcams. Read more..