Archive for May, 2007
What’s Your Favourite Firefox Extension?
If you could only install only one Firefox Extension what would it be?
Probably The Best Xbox 360 Forza 2 Setup In The World?
A few weeks ago I featured ‘Probably The Best Monitor In The World‘ on Connected Internet.
Now, my other blogging partner in crime Mikael, has unearthed what surely must be the best Xbox 360 Forza 2 Setup In The World.
Just feast your eyes on the setup below! This crazed gamer has splashed out on THREE [...]
Scriptovia.com – New Site For Students To ‘Share’ Work
A new startup, Scriptovia.com announced its existence to the world this week. Scriptovia.com provides an area where students from all over the world can ‘collaborate and share resources’. Hmm, sounds a lot like a site to where essays can be downloaded to avoid doing the work yourself to me.
Aseem Badshah, [...]
Last.fm Sold for £140m
Last.fm was sold yesterday for £140m to CBS Corporation, making it the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition. Great news for the company, as Last.fm had definitely reached the point where it needed an owner with deeper pockets to fund its continued expansion.
5 Things You Can Do With Your Wii-mote
Did you know that the Wii-mote can be used to a lot more than controlling the Nintendo Wii?
Sir CRX recently modified his Wii-mote and Xbox360 controller to accept Bluetooth commands. The functions are very limited to four working buttons. So no wiggeling yet, but it is in the works. Sir CRX is considering making a [...]
CD-Wow Fined £41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs
I just spotted a very sad story on the BBC, reporting on how UK Online retailer CD-Wow must pay £41m to British record companies after breaking a deal to stop selling illegally imported cheap albums in the UK. CD-Wow were selling albums for as low as £6.99, which is roughly half the [...]
Has Anyone Used The AGLOCO Toolbar Apart From John Chow?
Ok, here’s a question for the approximate 7,000 people who will see this post today – Has anyone seen the AGLOCO toolbar in the wild apart from John Chow? AGLOCO claimed a few weeks ago that they were starting a staggered rollout to people who had registered for the service, so surely some of [...]
Bloggers Face-Off: JohnTP Vs Everton Blair
Well, I guess it had to happen eventually. I’m currently being featured in Daniel’s popular Bloggers Face-Off series. This week yours truly is going head-2-head with JohnTP. May the best blog win – only kidding!!
Pay Per Post Direct – Why Would You Do It?
I just got an email from Pay Per Post announcing their new Pay Per Post Direct scheme, which allow bloggers to sign up advertisers directly via their sites.
The ‘benefits’ of the Pay Per Post Direct scheme is that Pay Per Post only take a 10% cut, and the blogger gets to keep the other 90%. [...]
Removed My Site From Post Level Ads Listings As The Rates Are Too Low
I decided yesterday to remove my site from the new Post Level Ads service from Text Link Ads. Although Text Link Ads have been very successful at selling Text Link Ads on my site, I decided that the rates for the new Post Level Ads were too low to make them worthwhile adding.
The rates [...]
The Top 10 Dying Computer Skills
I just read a great article on Computerworld about dying computer skills. The article covers how it’s becoming harder and harder to recruit individuals with ‘old school’ computer skills like Novell NetWare, OS/2 and Cobol.
The article reminded me of a conversation I had with my older brother a few months ago. My brother [...]
Has Your Blogging Got You Into Trouble At Work?
Has your blog ever got you into trouble at work? According to a survey produced by Croner in the UK, a third of UK bloggers were at risk of getting the sack because of derogatory comments they’ve written about their workplace, boss or colleagues. According to the research firm, many bloggers are oblivious [...]
Google New Patent Indicates An Extensive Mobile Portal
A recent patent app filed by Google indicates plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices. Not a surprise though.
The services are like Search for a restaurant via portal, and then dial from one click, get a map, or use Google GPS for direction. Keywords, maps, GPS coordinates, use same results in a different location [...]
Quick Links 29/05/2007
Some of these links might be old as they are links I saved for myself to read that I’ve only just got around to doing.
Reddit – Everything You Wanted To Know About It – Worth visiting it you want to see what Maki really looks like!
uTorrent Optimisation Guide
Guide To Video Upscaling
5 Firefox Plugins For Bloggers
Online [...]
DonorsChoose & BlogCatalog Community Fundraising Event Starts Today
The DonorsChoose & BlogCatalog Community fundraising event begins today.
The event will run through the whole week and a goal of $25K has been set. To participate, is easy!
Bloggers are asked to write about the event, informing others of the event and encouraging individuals to make donations (more information about this particular event can be [...]
I Read Connected Internet!
I’ve decided to start a new feature listing the sites of regular readers of Connected Internet. All you have to do to get your site listed is write a brief post or review on your site Linking to Connected Internet’s homepage, saying why you read Connected Internet e.g. ‘I love Connected Internet because it’s [...]
Which Mainstream Site Has The Worst Adverts?
My real introduction to the internet began in 1997 when I got transferred to the US. Although we had ONE PC (!!) in the London office of my firm that was connected to the internet, nobody really knew what it was for. Just after I got to the US office they got a [...]
