Archive for July, 2007
Brits Leading The Way With Illegal Music Downloads
Entertainment Media Research and legal firm Olswang have just conducted the fourth annual Digital Music Survey, and the results back up what we are seeing at my ISP, that British internet users are downloading more and more music and videos.
The survey found that 43% of those questioned admitted to downloading music for free from BitTorrent, [...]
YouDeparted.com: Create An Electronic Safe Deposit Box For When You Die
I’ve just read about an interesting new site. YouDeparted.com, provides an ‘electronic safe deposit box’ that your loved ones can open once you’ve died. The box could be used to store lots of emails telling people what you really think of them, but it could also contain messages, files including mp3 recordings, electronic [...]
Show Me Your Desktop, Yaro Starak
The successful series continues. Last week I interviewed Leo Babauta from zen habits. This week it’s Yaro Starak from Entrepreneur’s Journey turn. Yaro runs several successful blogs, including the Blog Mastermind Program, which teaches you how to run a successful blog and the Blog Profits Blueprint, an ebook that explains how to earn $5000+ each [...]
How To Become Your Own Wireless Internet Service Provider
It’s rare for Google to invest in a company–usually they just buy them outright–but Meraki is a rather exceptional company.
I had the pleasure of sitting down with the CEO of Meraki a couple months back when he paid a visit to the New York offices of Scientific American, where I work. Prior to this particular [...]
Please Welcome Christopher Mims
I’d like to welcome Christopher Mims as the latest member of the Connected Internet team. Christopher is a freelance writer and editor who traffics in science and its implications. He’s also an entrepreneur and new media best practices fanatic.
He’s a Brooklynite who moonlights as an associate editor, online, for Scientific American. He [...]
Runaway Link Train
A new link train, the Geek Train, seems to be picking up speed, judging by the number of new links that are appearing for me on Technorati. It’s been interesting to watch this link train pick up speed over the last couple days as the number of branches develops.
I normally don’t join these [...]
Would You Use The WP-Backlinks WordPress Plugin?
A new WordPress plugin, WP-Backlinks, was released last week that I decided to check out as the plugin had an impressive name. The plugin’s name is a bit confusing as what the plugin actually does is help manage link exchanges, although I really think that most sites won’t need this plugin.
Why My Adsense Earnings Are Better Than Other Blogs
I got a question via PM yesterday in the forums yesterday where my answer was so long, I decided to cut and paste it and turn it into a post. I’m sure Bush Mackel won’t mind.
Hey Everton,
I had a question regarding your AdSense earnings. You seem to make a lot from them were others [...]
2% Of UK Population Registering With Facebook Every Week
Facebook is slowly taking over the UK. Over 150K people are registering with Facebook every day – that’s 2% of the population every week!
It’s hard to have a conversation for more than 30 minutes in the UK now where Facebook isn’t mentioned at least once. It’s not even just my colleagues (I [...]
Friday Fun: Amazing Football Skills
Only weeks now until the new football season, and I think my team Spurs are going to have a good year.
Here’s a great video that will get all you footy fans in the mood, and I’m sure even if you don’t follow the beautiful game you’ll be impressed by this street baller’s skills. I’m [...]
When Was The Last Time You Upgraded Your Plugins?
Many of us religiously upgrade our WordPress installations whenever a new version is released, usually because vital security fixes are included.
But, when was the last time you upgraded your plugins? Keeping your WordPress plugins up-to-date can be just as vital in order to keep your WordPress blog safe and secure. Upgrading to the [...]
Beautiful Free Wallpapers
I haven’t given Martin any link love from this site for a while, but he’s discovered another great free wallpaper site. I’m always on the lookout for new wallpapers as I use a free app that changes my wallpaper every 15 minutes.
Friday Fun: Don’t Talk On Your Phone At A Concert
Watch what happens to this very rude gentleman who decided to talk on his phone at a concert in Covent Garden, London. I wish something similar would happen to people who talk loudly on their phones in restaurants and even in cinemas now.
One bad habit I have which I am working on is fiddling [...]
ISPs Beware! Joost Is Coming At The End Of The Year
Joost, the peer-to-peer TV sharing application from the inventors of Skype and Kazaa, has signed up more than a million beta testers and is on track for an end-of-year launch, its co-creator has revealed. Finally, the whole world will get to see what a great service Joost is, which in my view makes a [...]
Harry Potter Leak Caught Via Serial Number
A few days before the latest Harry Potter novel was released, someone thought it was a good idea to photograph every page and upload the full copy of ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’ onto BitTorrent. However, amazingly it seems that the ‘enterprising’ individual might be caught because many cameras add EXIF [...]
WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin
WordPress may be the best blogging platform out there, but unfortunately some of its features could be more user-friendly. For instance upgrading WordPress isn’t a nice simple process.
Luckily, for those of you who either forget to keep up with the endless WordPress updates, don’t like FTP or just can’t be bothered to update WordPress, [...]
Has Your Alexa Rank Gone South Recently?
Over the last 2 weeks my daily Alexa Traffic Rank has taken a major hit. After getting daily numbers consistently in the 10-14k range for the previous two months, my daily numbers over the last 2 weeks have been 25-40k despite my traffic actually increasing!
How has your Alexa rank performed over the last two [...]
