As soon as I get comfortable using a nice service it's swallowed by Google!According to the Jaiku blog they've been acquired by Google … [Read more...] about Grr! Google Swallows Another Nice Service – Jaiku Sold!
Gmail Helps Criminals
I love the internet. I love the online and offline communities that I've become involved with since I first went online.However some people's use of the internet makes me very sad.I first went online in 1994 when I was in first year in UL. Back then the internet was a very different place.To start with it was a hell of a lot "smaller".It was also a lot safer.Spam wasn't an … [Read more...] about Gmail Helps Criminals
Quick Lunchtime RoundUp
Congratulations to Bernie who finally tied the knot! I re-read his post from yesterday and the penny dropped !Segala's WP optimisation article is useless apart from the one tip on disabling unwanted / unncessary plugins. A lot of the other supposed "tips" have very little to do with Wordpress or are simply technically incorrect. My optimisation tip is simple - move to something … [Read more...] about Quick Lunchtime RoundUp
Adsense Permitted Sites Feature
Over the last few days there have been several reports of a new feature being rolled out to Adsense publishers. The new features allows publishers to explicitly list sites / domains that are allowed to use their code.It's not clear what will happen to publishers who do not opt in. … [Read more...] about Adsense Permitted Sites Feature
Google Flight Simulator On Linux
The latest release of Google Earth comes with an Easter Egg (a hidden function / option).Techcrunch picked up on the story from Marco GallottaAnd the nice thing is that it also works on Ubuntu!Download the latest version for Linux. Install it (you'll need to change the permission first - chmod 700 GoogleEarthLinux.bin will probably work) and off you go.Once Google Earth has … [Read more...] about Google Flight Simulator On Linux