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My personal Dopplr report for 2008

Dopplr.com, ‘an online service for smarter travel’, has given its members their own personal travel report for 2008, in the form of a nicely designed pdf-file. I like Dopplr because it looks pretty and it keeps track of my trips … Continue reading →

22. January 2009 by Caroline
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Preparing for Paris

View Larger Map Delighted to find Google’s Paris street view. Memorised the way from my hotel to the venue (Centre Culturel Irlandais) using this application.

03. December 2008 by Caroline
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Welcome to the Dollhouse

Probably the best news of the week (though in terms of geekiness perhaps Google’s OpenSocial thing kicks its ass) is Joss Whedon’s imminent return to television for the first time since the unfortunate demise of his Firefly series. Whedon ‘had … Continue reading →

02. November 2007 by Caroline
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I’m not me anymore

Did Orkut delete old accounts at some point? I had an old Orkut account and I know I tried to merge it with my Google account some time ago, but it didn’t work out. I now have a ‘new’ account, … Continue reading →

01. November 2007 by Caroline
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Pixies stole my gmail

This morning when I tried to go to gmail at mail.google.com/mail, I got a 404 not found page. When I shortened the URL and tried mail.google.com, I got this pixyblog.com homepage. Some kind of freaky DNS problem? Where’s mah mail, … Continue reading →

24. April 2006 by Caroline
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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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Blogaid pledge

u2log.com and Whedonesque.com google ad earnings will go towards the Tsunami appeal.

31. December 2004 by Caroline
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Good stuff, bad stuff

My summer break starts on Friday. One more day to go. Postman attempted delivering several packages while I was out. Lovely Google adsense check arrived Two blue tax envelopes arrived It’s wasp season and it’s official: ‘they’re very aggressive this … Continue reading →

28. July 2004 by Caroline
Categories: Personal | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 comments

Professional my arse

Can I pick up my camera tomorrow? No, I can’t. The shop hasn’t got it yet. I think it’s time to demand my money back. Hey Google-bot, catch this: Do not buy from Foto Professional on Nieuwendijk in Amsterdam. They … Continue reading →

25. June 2004 by Caroline
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Google me this, group me that

Yesterday I said to myself: “I want Google mailing lists, and I want them now.” I think I should ask for world peace next. Google Groups. Beta. It’s very beta, not a lot seems to be working yet, or working … Continue reading →

13. May 2004 by Caroline
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