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Shouldn’t that be Podeo?

Funnily enough, it’s not really the music features that have tickled my fancy when it comes to MP3 players. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t like listening to music while I’m en route. It’s the idea of podcasting that’s made … Continue reading

25. February 2005 by Caroline
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Patronising since the late 90s

Jason Kottke has quit his web design job to do Kottke.org full time. (pregnant pause) He’s asking for people to sponsor him (instead of taking on site advertising). It’s crazy and awesome. I’ve enjoyed 0sil8 and kottke.org since the dawn … Continue reading

22. February 2005 by Caroline
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No, I have something against thick skulls

Here, in a nutshell, the reason why self linking on community weblogs is not allowed. From e-mail: “I don’t understand the no self link rule. Do you have something against my sites?”

26. January 2005 by Caroline
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Hoax ‘missing parents’ e-mail?

Did anyone else receive an e-mail with a picture of a boy attached and the message ‘A BOY MISSING HIS PARENTS B’CAUSE TSUNAMI’, asking people to forward it to as many people as they can? Typical hoax stuff if you … Continue reading

05. January 2005 by Caroline
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Secret Santa revealed

My Secret Santa this year was Scott Matthewman, while I played Santa to Fraser Lewry. Having been Secret Santa for people who don’t have websites before, it’s nice to be able to treat and be treated by someone who does … Continue reading

26. December 2004 by Caroline
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CafePress says: “Gimme your license”

I created some stuff at CafePress.com using some of my own photographs that I took last week in Ireland. Now my content has been flagged and CafePress want me to hand over license agreements for the images. Eh… yeah, sure, … Continue reading

23. December 2004 by Caroline
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Whedonesque #70 in USA Today Top 100 People of 2004

I’m always away when the good stuff happens at Whedonesque. Joss is posting left right and centre and USA Today ranks the Whedonesque community #70 in the top 100 people of 2004. 70. The Whedonesque gang. It’s hard for some … Continue reading

16. December 2004 by Caroline
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U2log.com first among many, not money

I was just going over to Plasticbag’s to steal their comment disclaimer for u2log.com when lo and behold, Tom writes: “U2log.com – one of the first and best single-subject magazine-style weblogs. I’m not a great fan of U2, but it’s … Continue reading

27. November 2004 by Caroline
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Whedonesque scores again

And now we’re Sci-Fi.com’s Site of the Week. And a mention on the BBC Cult site. I really need to think about getting my own server.

23. November 2004 by Caroline
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Take us higher

All hell has broken loose. U2 are playing NYC from the back of a truck. U2log.com stats: “Based on the number of visitors of 19132 today so far, today your site may have 21631 page views.” Update: 23002 in total … Continue reading

22. November 2004 by Caroline
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