Category: World
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New things
Like most people, when new things come out I am immediately attracted to them, in the IT community you can often push this a little further and grab at things before they are ‘new’. I first started using gmail and windows 7 when they were both early on in their beta and was impressed with…
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The danger is in real life.
Today while reading articles hidden deep in Google reader when I should have been polishing my CV or doing something more productive, I came across the girl who cried webmaster. The difference with this story is ‘the danger came from real life and salvation came from the online world‘. I stumbled upon the link within…
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Words referencing system
No doubt by now anyone in further education has come across the latest version of Microsoft’s word processor. The new ribbon layout has managed to confuse students to the point of reverting to previous versions. It isn’t however a step back. The new ribbon (after a little practice and adjustment to thinking) is actually easier…
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Sinking Currency, Sinking Country
It’s been a while since I blogged about any post I found on digg, but I read this article (rant?) today about the diving dollar, and why it’s not going to get much better and thought I’d stash it somewhere, and here seemed as good as any. The falling dollar has been on my mind…
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Petals Around the Rose
Ok, for all you mathematically thinking people out there, and for people who think they can add, I have a game for you. The game starts with someone (or a computer) with 5 dice, they are rolled and you are asked the answer, now typically you don’t know, so you are told. The dice is…
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Sometimes you find the most interesting things in weird places.
“On this old Children’s show, there are many obvious sexual suggestions. Absolutely Hilarious if above intended viewing age!” It is a copy of Rainbow which seems a little over the top, it is the right cast though. It reminds me listening to the lyrics to the original ‘Barbie Girl’ song. Watch YouTube Clip | digg story
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Microsoft claim Google Spreadsheets is so 10 Years Ago
“The innovations we’re delivering in Excel in terms of new usability, new visual user interface advancements, support for collaboration and business intelligence with things like Excel Services are so far beyond [Google Spreadsheets] that it’s like watching a time machine from 10 years ago.” It sounds like Microsoft is going back on the offensive, they…