Tag Archives: internet

My journey to the dark side is complete…

Posted on February 21, 2013 by admin

Tweet I have decided to try a 30 day trial of Spotify premium. This is kind of alien to me, really, as my whole music listening past has been focussed on collecting music – mostly in album form – and … Continue reading →

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Twitter sanctioned spamming

Posted on October 6, 2012 by admin

Tweet This morning I received a tweet in my twitter stream from some internet Bingo outfit, from an account that I don’t follow. It’s not unusual to pick up spammers on Twitter, but this one was a bit unusual – … Continue reading →

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The ubiquity of Facebook

Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin

Tweet Ove the last few years, I’ve dabbled in Facebook, but frankly never really wanted to share all the trivia of my life with others, and nor did I want to know the trivia of other peoples’ lives.  Periodically, Facebook … Continue reading →

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Rapid software release cycles

Posted on August 1, 2011 by admin

Tweet There seems to be a growing tendency for software updates to be pushed out to users at a fixed and high frequency. I’ve kind of got used to this through Ubuntu GNU/Linux releases every 6 months (but there it’s … Continue reading →

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Apparently I’m blocked in Yunnan province

Posted on July 11, 2011 by admin

Tweet I picked up a link to a website that claims to test if your website is blocked by the Great Firewall of China.  Interestingly the results are as follows: This website appears to be blocked in Yunnan province – … Continue reading →

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