Archive for February, 2008

Encyclopedia Britannica on iPhone.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Britannica Mobile - iPhone Edition In order to ensure the best experience, we've specifically optimized this site for the iPhone. Please visit http://i.eb.com on your iPhone or iPod Touch. If you don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch handy, you can still access plenty of great Britannica content from your desktop. Come ...

Spore coming Sept 7th.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

I'll be waiting with baited breath.

Swear to God, I had nothing to do with it.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008



Microsoft to start manufacturing phones?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Zu-ne. verb. 1. To fuck over or generally bugger up partners who believed your shite for years and invested heavily in it. (From Zune, noun, a music player released by Microsoft which is incompatible with their previous music sales efforts under the PlaysForSure brand and immediately began to undermine their ...

WebKit: Tom Raftery tests it right

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

One of the things about blogging is that it's a two way experience. I think it's important to share interesting links, though I'm loathe to just list them. One such like is on the always interesting Tom Raftery's Social Media (which, for the life of me I always spell ...

Pixish: a new site where you can create image contests.

Monday, February 11th, 2008

For Artists: You've got talent, admit it. You can draw, paint, take a great photo, or design something beautiful. But you need a way to get your work out there. Pixish is your chance to get published. ... For Publishers: Right now, if you want images, you have two options. You could ...

Silicon Valley -> Ireland

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Pop on over to eirepreneur: Gareth Coen and colleague Diane Roberts were inspired by the Enterprise Ireland bash during Paddy's Valley to offer a similar event here in Ireland. Gareth, based in Silicon Valley, and Diane, based in Dublin, recently started a consultancy firm with the goal of helping bridge the ...

19/100 My Community and How You Can Engage It

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I have no clue. Which community? Dads? Ego-mad idiots? Single Dads? Gamer geeks? Mac users? Guys who are getting married a second time? Mac "Power" users? Guys with iPhones? Guys with amazingly hot girlfriends? Home-owners? Guys who have just bought a house? Guys who have a new car? Guys who have a ...

Golden Braeburn: get unscrewed.

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Wil Shipley is planning to start something new. Golden Braeburn is an attempt by Wil to change the way that Mac ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) work. In essence, you get screwed by shopping cart hosting companies, you get screwed by merchant account holders, you get screwed by card processing companies, you ...

Yahoos

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Ya·hoo(in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms. (lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel. (lowercase) a coarse or brutish person. Cringely sounds off that the Microsoft-Yahoo deal might be a good thing for ...