This is an interesting FoI request – about what domain names the BBC has registered to it. Along with the long list of expected domains, like www.bbcbrasil.com, www.bbcspanish.com and www.bbctrust.org there are a few amusing ones like www.desperaterussianhousewives.co.uk and www.brightonbam.co.uk
Entries Tagged as 'Internet'
For The Win
May 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on For The Win · Life, Technology
Another book I recently finished is For The Win by Cory Doctorow.  At nearly 500 pages it is a substantial read, but I got through it really quickly, which is usually a sign that I am enjoying it. Given my circumstances it is hardly surprising that I enjoyed a story of oppressed workers organising themselves […]
No more Ning
April 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on No more Ning · Technology
Well not for free anyway, according to this report. This is really bad news for a lot of people. Ning is a great system for setting up user groups and forums, either on an open or closed basis and it is used by loads of charities, community groups and other organisations to set up their […]
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Google 3D
April 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life, Technology
Love the 3D version of Google Street View – just need to find one of the many pairs of 3D glasses that are knocking around the house somewhere. Talking of Google, this advert popped up the other day… My first thought was to doubt the expertise of so-called experts in Google analytics who can’t even […]
Pointless, unproductive and fun
February 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Technology
If you saw a link on a website that pointed to http://5z8.info/cats-being-dropped-into-the-sea_p6d8l_hot-older-goats.mov I bet you would think twice before following it – and then decide not to. If you received an email with a link to http://5z8.info/olive-loaf-penetration.gif_u0p8z_ninjastaroutlet it would probably get stopped by your mail filters and marked as spam or potential malware. But you […]
Facebook fail
February 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Technology
The recent Facebook redesign has not been popular. I’m quite sanguine about Facebook layout changes: I figure that if I don’t like it that is not a problem because it will change soon anyway, but a lot of people are still upset about. A few of them are even upset about a major change that […]
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Guess who
February 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on Guess who · Technology
I am currently just a little obsessed with Akinator. I know how it is done and all that, but I’m still amazed how it still managed to get people like Harriet Harman, Carlos Santana, Daara O’Briain, Trevor Brooking, Geddy Lee, Tom Baker, Alan Sugar, Richard Dawkins, Jimmy Saville, even Andrew Collins in twenty questions. Caught […]
Seeking new sounds
January 27th, 2010 · Comments Off on Seeking new sounds · Music
Last week I read a little sort of review of the website Spotiseek in the Guardian. It is a website where you put in the name of an artist you like and it generates a 16-track Spotify playlist, which it calls a mix tape, based on that artist. The idea is that the list features […]
Viral Loop
January 20th, 2010 · Comments Off on Viral Loop · Life
I finished Viral Loop: the Power of Pass-it-on, a book about how companies grow virally in the internet age, a little while ago but only just got around to writing a review of it – yes it was another of those Amazon Vine books. They are starting to pile up a bit now. I have […]
The trouble with free?
January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off on The trouble with free? · Technology
I fired up the PC this evening and, as usual, the first thing I kicked off was Spotify. As it started I kept getting dialog boxes from my anti-virus software (AVG) warning me of a virus in Program Files\Spotify\Spotify.exe which it described as “Runtime packed themida” whatever the hell that means. I ticked the box […]
