links for 2007-12-23

Holiday firm collapse hits 40,000
Have to say, the small hassle of booking directly with airlines and hotels outweighs the risk of something like this happening
(tags: airline travel collapse bankrupcy travelscope)

BBC NEWS | England | Gloucestershire | ‘Wrong country’ sat-nav blunder
Lille, France != Lille Brusselss… Never 100% trust a GPS
(tags: location gps sat-nav blunder humour)

‘Atheistic […]

links for 2007-12-22

Blacklisted the Podcast
Dave Slusher recommends a podcast by Tony Kahn on his father’s time in the 50s and the McCarthy HAWC committee. Slusher’s recommendations are treasured. Subscribed instantly
(tags: hawc red podcast mccarth dave+slusher)

links for 2007-12-20

TPN Rock Again, with Megaphone
TPN Rock Again - featuring Megaphone

TPN :: The PSP Show - Playstation Portable » Blog Archive » The PSP Show #60 - The Sims 2 Castaway
Christmas is coming, and while I’ve been bouncing around Europe, the PSP scene continues. Time to play catchup in tonights show, with the latest news, firware […]

Locked Out Of Gmail. Again. Not Impressed at all.

Update: All is well, I’m back in the account again. Still no explanation why…
Oh the irony. I sat down this morning to write an article for Dennis Publishing’s IT Pro about how much of a headache being locked out your gmail account was - which you will recall has already happened to me about a […]

You Scumbag, You Maggot, You Cheap Lousy Faggott… Now Go Buy It.

Look it’s a simple request for the UK reader. Go out and buy “The Fairytale of New York” before Saturday 22nd December. If you can’t get out to the shops, head over to the UK iTunes store. Now.

Why? Well the greatest song ever (not the greatest Christmas song ever, the greatest song ever. Period) is […]

links for 2007-12-18

What’s It Like to be in a Podcast with Ewan Spence (by Dennis Howlett)
This was part of Ewan’s ‘opening the schwag bag’ session which happens prior to each conference he attends. I just happened to be there at the time. Ewan’s energy levels are frighteningly high. His kilt is a head turner.
(tags: ewanspence leweb3 podcast […]

links for 2007-12-16

Surviving the 2008 recession « Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger
Good advice if you beleive the regular people, and not the politicians, on the upcomign recession
(tags: reccssion advice survival)

Burger King Whopper Freakout
Interesting ‘viral’ ad where one Burger King takes the Whopper off the menu to see the reaction. Good way to stress your core prouct
(tags: bk […]

links for 2007-12-14

Top 10 Gadgets - 50 Top 10 Lists of 2007 - TIME
US Based, so not surprising the iPhone is #1
(tags: top10 gadgets time apple review tear)

A child’s view of the $100 laptop
BBC reporter hands OLPC XO to his 9 year old son, resultingin a big thumbs up.
(tags: olpc xo review)

links for 2007-12-13

Mars robot unearths microbe clue
NOt Life on Mars, but at least a deserted trailer park
(tags: mars rover life spirit opportunity)

THe Iron Maidens and Twisted Sister. Cancelled
Boo. Not that I was going to be there, but Twisted Sister and an all-female Iron Maiden tribute band was a smashing double-bill
(tags: ironmaiden ironmaidens tribute twistedsister cancelled)

Europe can ‘lead […]