Month: March 2007

  • Website advertising that grabs your attention

    This is a bit subjective but I like this web advertising concept a lot – the corner page curl to reveal an ad. When you visit the InformationWeek blogs site, notice the little teaser at the top right of your…

  • One billion spams

    The milestone number of one billion spams trapped by Akismet was reached a few hours ago. There’s been some good guessing during the past few days on when this figure would be reached. It was a discussion point in last…

  • Summer time begins

    Summer time across Europe officially began overnight Saturday/Sunday. In the UK, we’re now GMT +1. Back to standard time (GMT in the UK) on Sunday October 28. Related post: Time-changing should be automatic (from a year ago)

  • March 24 is Shutdown Day

    Can you imagine not turning on your computer at all for one whole day? Actually, I can imagine. Many people I know can quite happily go for days without using a computer. They’re weird, of course :) I find the…

  • You can’t take democracy for granted

    Living in a democracy is something just about everyone in Europe, North America and a large majority of countries around the world take for granted. Basic freedoms – of speech and political expression, to name but two – are things you don’t…