Year: 2005
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LiveJournal Sells
Following up yesterday's rumours, it can now be seen that, officially, LiveJournal has been sold to SixApart. The details look pretty good - the service will remain much as-it-is, nobody will be 'migrated' to TypePad or MoveableType, and - better yet - LiveJournal might actually (finally) get some much-needed new features, such as trackback (which …
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Ah; Computers
Heh! Celoxis, a web-based project management tool we've been experimenting with, e-mailed me twice today - just past midnight, and half an hour later - to remind me that it will be my birthday on Saturday (in case I didn't know). Better yet, our mail server picked up on these e-mails and flagged them as …
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LiveJournal May Be Sold
I hear that LiveJournal - one of the world's biggest blogging communities (and home to most of the blogs syndicated by Abnib) - is to be sold to SixApart, a TypePad/MoveableType-based blog-host.
What effect this will have on holders of existing LiveJournal accounts - particularly paid accounts - is as yet unknown. Nonetheless, I think this … -
Which “Secret Of Monkey Island” Character Are You?
Golly, I'm Herman Toothrot. I'm unique, pleasent, er... unique. Oh, let's face it, I'm an old pantless weirdo. I trained a bunch of monkeys to sail a ship back from a deserted island but didn't go myself, I think my dead friend has never looked better, and I talk to people who aren't there... kind … -
Security Through Obscurity Reaches A New Low
PowerPizza! It's a laptop bag that looks like a pizza box! No longer do you have to worry about your attractive laptop being an easy target for thieves - who'd want to steal a pizza box?
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Completed Half-Life 2
(don't worry - no spoilers) Well - I've finished Half-Life 2. I must say, it just got more and more stunning. The weapon you're left using for the last two chapters is simply wonderful (think: gravity gun v2.0). The finish is... simply stunning, and suddenly the G-Man seems even more mysterious than ever... it's just... …