Monthly Archives: November 2008

70’s Party

I was at a friends 30th birthday party on Saturday and the theme was the 1970’s. A couple of light refreshments were had, some pictures were taken…

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Winter Time

Yesterday was cold, but there was no snow. Woke up on Saturday morning and…     22nd of November and the snow has come. Could be gone tomorrow, or could still be here in April. Hope it’s gone tomorrow…

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Net Neutrality Saved (for now)

Net neutrality is the basic premise that on the Internet, all packages of data are equal no matter where they come from. It lets me or you compete with the big corporations and start the next Google if we wanted. … Continue reading

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Scotland – Argentena

It’s Scotland versus Argentina tonight and the world’s focus is on the game as it is the first time that Diego Maradona will manage the Argentinean side. A lot of the pre-match hullabaloo is centered on the Scotland assistant manager … Continue reading

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The sincerest form of flattery…

The small company that I run at the moment was started when I was at university. For one of the terms we had the chance to spend 100% of our time exploring the business ideas and trying to come up … Continue reading

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Spam (part 2)

As a follow up on the fact that spammers get 1 customer for every 12 million emails they send out, what can we do to stop them? The easy answer would be to stop buying from them and they will … Continue reading

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Spam (part 1)

How many spam messages have you ever received? I reckon I must get about 20 a day to my main account, even with the spam filters at Yahoo taking away 95% of them before they enter my inbox. The 20 … Continue reading

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Minileague Update

Neil is going away on holiday for a couple of weeks and will have limited Internet access I’m sure. He will no doubt use this as an excuse for his poor performance in the Predictor Minileague, so I thought I … Continue reading

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Incompetence

Was at the “Start-Up day” for the School of Entrepreneurship on Saturday. This is always a great event with about 40 speakers from around the globe and 400 participants. Speakers yesterday included the CEO of Telenor (the 7th biggest wireless … Continue reading

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Scotland’s first black president

We woke up this morning to find out that yesterday was a historic day. Americans voted for Barack Obama to be their new president and of course the first ever black president. The colour of the mans skin makes it … Continue reading

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