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    Website advertising that grabs your attention

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    25 March 2007

    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 screen: When you move your mouse over that curl, it unfolds to reveal this: Very […]

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  • Technology, Weblogs

    One billion spams

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    Neville Hobson

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    25 March 2007

    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 Thursday’s FIR, for instance. My best guess was that it would be sometime this weekend. […]

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  • Europe, Society

    Summer time begins

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    Neville Hobson

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    25 March 2007

    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)

    Full story: Summer time begins
  • Events, Society, Technology, Web

    March 24 is Shutdown Day

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    Neville Hobson

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    23 March 2007

    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 idea of Shutdown Day pretty compelling – a grand experiment to find out how many […]

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  • Blogging, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Politics, Society, Technology

    You can’t take democracy for granted

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    Neville Hobson

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    23 March 2007

    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 normally think twice about. We enjoy the ability to say just about whatever we want […]

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