Dotcom newbies

There are a lot of dotcoms in this list that I’ve had my eye on for a while. (Extate, Zopa, Zubka.) Maybe I should do the VC thing? I like the look of Openads, just need to work out how to get them working on our revised work site, when it goes live.

OpenDNS

Saw these guys over the weekend: a free open DNS service. Looks useful – I’m going to try them at home and at work.

Snakes and bugs too

We kept on being prevented from swimming in Italian lakes – mostly by snakes, but given this article on bacteria content, it’s a good thing we didn’t swim.105629914

Great gravity game

Chris (a school friend who is working with us) sends a splendid Friday time waster. Except it is only Thursday!

Blackle

Mark sent me a link to Blackle, an energy friendly black front-end to Google. My instincts were to rubbish the concept that there was a substantial energy difference. It turns out I was partly right: it can make a difference for CRTs, but not really for LCDs.

Death by PowerPoint

Some good ideas for making your presentation more like a story, supporting your narrative, rather than the flow of your narrative. Linked: could a business case be shown as a storyboard?

Taking control

Thanks to Guy Kawasaki for the links.Take control of the web – I like Sizeeasy (only on the internet) and will try and use TidyUp on my messy music and picture libraries.Take control of your writing: 40 tips from Purdue.

D80 user guide

Useful online guide to the D80, given that I didn’t get one with the beast itself. The official one is also available online.

Babes, belly and virtual choirs

Dom sends over some fun electoral practices.Solar powered compactor bins sound like an excellent idea, so long as you have enough light to power them. Do they need sun or just light?Should Pegasus be part of a virtual choir?

Explanation and prediction

While I would love it to be the case that John Morton’s letter to the Grauniad did destroy Biblical fundamentalism, sadly it just isn’t the case.But it is beautifully written though.Genetic diversity within human populations decreases as distance...