the mini Blog

I was looking around Google Moon, and looked at the lunar landing sites, and I found that if you zoom in really close (as in all the way), you will see that the moon is made out of cheese. This can be seen above, you c an try it yourself here or click on [...]

InternetFrog.com have a tool on their main page which shows the physical location of your IP, in Longitude and Latitude. This doesn’t necessarily mean your house, as your IP is often somewhere else within the ISP’s range / distribution box. I think it is a pretty cool tool. They also have a link which allows [...]

Nearly half of Canadian students admit to using pirated software, even though the bulk also agree that the practice is unethical, a new industry survey indicated Monday.
To be honest, I don’t think I’m that surprised. A lot of people use pirated software, because some software is really expensive and they need it for work (and [...]

Now I’m no Half Life 2 fan myself, nor have I ever played the game, but this mod is simply amazing. There is one picture above, but to see the rest click the link below.
The keyboard, mouse, everything has been turned to the same colour and texture. It looks really cool and undoubtedly everyone loves [...]

“An energy bill President Bush is to sign Monday would start daylight time three weeks earlier and end it a week later as an energy-saving measure. This has technologists worried about software and gadgets that now compensate for daylight time based on a schedule unchanged since 1987.”
” ‘It is unfortunately going to add a little [...]

From the September 2005 issue of PC World magazine:
“Can an annoyed Windows user find happiness in a multiplatform environment? Our editor tried the Mac and Linux–and came away impressed.”
This has got a lot of detailed information, and I think it really helps to tell people about what the facts are, and what people usually think.
read [...]

Images have been showing up on the internet showing the new Treo 670 running not Palm OS, but Windows Mobile 5.0. Essentially, the Treo 670 is the same as the Treo 650 but runnind Windows Mobile 5.0. It is supposed to have EV-DO (for us living in the UK, EV-DO is high speed internet access [...]

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As the weather had taken an unfortunate turn, with rain and lightning, I thought it would be a good idea to go to the movies and see something. I had the choice between a wide variety of films, but the two that interested me the most were ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The War of Worlds’. [...]

If you haven’t yet heard Microsoft have renamed thier new OS to “Vista”. This is having mixed reactions with the public, but I think overall most people think it is shit rubbish. I think that Longhorn was a better “Codename”. Either way it won’t matter to me because we, my family, won’t be buying Longhorn [...]

“The designers of some elevators include a hidden feature that is very handy if you’re in a hurry or it’s a busy time in the building (like check-out time in a hotel). While some elevators require a key, others can be put into “Express” mode by pressing the “Door Close” and “Floor” buttons at [...]