2007
US Daylight Saving
A lot has been said recently regarding the daylight saving move made by the US. Basically if you haven’t heard then this weekend, 3 weeks earlier than normal, the US rolled the clocks forward. The bid is predicted to save in the region of US $45 billion over the next few years. Not everyone is… Read More »US Daylight Saving
links for 2007-03-11
SourceForge.net: FileZilla FileZilla 3 (currently in Beta) runs on a Mac. Oh sweet joy! Peace and harmony have been restored. (tags: FileZilla mac ftp client beta) Requirements To Be A Dot Com Mogul « John Chow dot Com Ever wondered how close you were to becoming a Dot Com Mogul? Here’s a list of criteria… Read More »links for 2007-03-11
Who is John Chow?
Some time ago now I started making references in my posts to a character by the name of John Chow. Some of you will have followed the links and perhaps even trawled my OPML to find out who the man is that goes by the name of John Chow; now I’m going to tell you.… Read More »Who is John Chow?
Shelving my Credentials
I’ve decided that the time has come to shelve my credentials. For many moons they shone brightly in the sidebar of my blog but alas it’s time to move on. Yes, I’ve removed my Nerd Test score and my Stupid Test score. I guess people will just have to judge for themselves now as to… Read More »Shelving my Credentials
Triple Crown
A murky day at Murrayfield, outside Edinburgh, and an Irish team that was nowhere near the giants that defeated the English two weeks previous. Leading from the outset the Irish never looked composed and even lesser so nearing the end of the first half and into the second. Half-way through the second half the Scottish… Read More »Triple Crown
R2 Send To
The US Postal Service, in honour of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars are supposedly rolling out R2D2 styled mailboxes. Now who wouldn’t want to believe that? Why won’t An Post do fun stuff like this? We could have commemorative boxes for political bribe scandals whereby all post is refused unless it is in a… Read More »R2 Send To
Nit-Twit
Some may have noticed a new addition to my blog. The right hand column now displays my Twitter view – a scrollable pane of things I have twitted. All the top net-writers are using it, the celebrity net-writers like Robert Scoble even get things written about them based on their Twitter activity. In true fashion,… Read More »Nit-Twit
links for 2007-03-08
Skype Prime Beta — introducing the global expertise marketplace – Skype Blogs Skype goes premium – you can now charge people for calling you. That is if you think you’re worth it. (tags: skype premium prime beta charge calls voip) BBC NEWS | Technology | Civic site makes complaints heard Community problems need to be… Read More »links for 2007-03-08