By admin | August 27, 2009
Claire Forshaw of Manchester has changed her name by deed poll to Princess-Rainbow.com, in the process become the first person ever to change his/her name to a website. Claire, 24, decided to change her name when she was drunk one night and because “it would be a laugh and it only costs a tenner”. She plans to [...]
By admin | August 10, 2009
“Facebook performed an illegal operation and should be shut down” said Bill Gates speaking on a recent tour to India. Bill signed up and promptly got 10,000 requests to be his “friend”, which he admits overwhelmed him. He especially found the process of reviewing new friend requests too arduous. I wonder how far he got? [...]
By admin | August 6, 2009
A startling statistic from Common Sense Media. Other “Media Mythbusters” published include: 80% of TV commercials are for fast food, candy, cereal and toys. Kids see more than a quarter of a million commercials aimed at their appearance by age 17, with the result that The number one wish for girls ages 11 to 17 [...]
By admin | August 3, 2009
It is estimated that 1.5 exabytes (1.5 x 10^18) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year. That’s estimated to be more than in the previous 5,000 years. ..according to Glimpse of the Future by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod.
Some bitch’n’moan about the hoops one has to jump through to register a .ie domain. The upside to it, however, is that if you really want a domain, it’s probably still available for you to register – unlike, say, .com or .net domains which have just about every name under the sun already snapped up. [...]
An enlightening post from www.copyblogger.com: This weekend, my mother-in-law asked me to enter a life of crime. Not in the real world, of course – she’d like the father of her grandkids to remain jail-free. No, instead she invited me to play that Mafia game that’s so popular on Facebook. Not interested in the game, [...]
Another phishing tale… …so I got a spam into my inbox today; ostensibly from PayPal, got through my spam filters: Call me Sherlock, but the sender’s address paypal@13510062478.com didn’t fool me. It’s clever, because it has paypal in the name, but it’s from www.13510062478.com not from PayPal. So I looked at where the “Click Here [...]
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By admin | November 18, 2008
This post was written by Naomi of www.IttyBiz.com – a highly recommended blog IttyBiz If You Build It, They Won’t Come Posted: 17 Nov 2008 01:43 PM CST ….. If you run a service business — and in service I include coaching and consulting — and to a degree if you run any other kind [...]
By admin | November 4, 2008
Sell what Sells, NOT what’s Cool by Worldwide Brands: “One store leads to two, two lead to four, and so on. Never get stuck limiting your entire business to just one type of product!”
By admin | November 2, 2008
CafePress.com : About Us A brilliantly put together video about CafePress, would make you want to change the world. Also, a good model for selling customised products at over the odds as a fundraising tool.