July 9th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Internet, Web/Tech
Google today launched Lively which is a like a Second Life type world where you can create your own avatars, rooms and chat with your friends. Details of how to actually get started with it seem pretty skimpy at the moment, but one cool feature is that you can apparently watch Youtube videos in a [...]
June 29th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Funny, Internet
And new people like that as well. I know it’s not seasonal, but I liked it enough to post it anyway.
There’s a whole lot more at Davey Dance Blog.
August 29th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Apple, Film / TV, Internet, iTunes
TV programmes debuted on the UK iTunes store today. At the moment you can buy (for £1.89) programming from ABC, Disney and MTV amongst others. More info here.
Until we see some BBC and Channel 4 programmes on there, I don’t think this will really go mainstream, although some big shows like Ugly Betty and Grey’s [...]
June 5th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Internet, Music, Web/Tech
I would have thought that I had pretty mainstream music tastes, but not according to this tool - I’m only 14.68% mainstream which is WAY cooler than like being 80% mainstream or something. It works using Last.fm which I’ve found to be a bit flakey in taking music submissions recently, but I’m hoping they’ll sort [...]
February 18th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Internet, Web/Tech, Work
I guess we’re pretty lucky at the BBC in that we have Windows Messenger on our PCs, which works with internal and external people. However, what if you don’t have an instant messenger at work and want to chat to your mates? (For example if you’re bored…)
Well Meebo might be the solution for you - [...]
December 21st, 2006 | by Simon | published in Internet, Weird
This has been driving me mad this morning.
The aim is to get everyone across the river, but there are four rules:
the Dad cannot be left alone with any of the girls
the Mum cannot be left alone with any of the boys
the thief cannot be left alone with any family members
the Mum, Dad and Policeman are [...]
May 23rd, 2006 | by Simon | published in Apple, Internet, Mac, Technology, Web/Tech, iTunes
In what I think is a pretty interesting link, Apple and Nike today announced that they’re lanching a new ‘sports kit‘ for the iPod nano. Basically, it means putting a little sensor in your Nike+ shoe which then talks to a receiver attached to your iPod nano. The sensor then transmits data about your run [...]
October 18th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Clothes, Internet, Shopping
Well I get a lot of my clothes from Hollister - a clothes shop in the US owned by the same people as Abercombie. They do a cool loyalty programme called Club Cali, which is pretty generous (giving you money off etc.), and if you spend over $500 with them, you become a gold card [...]
