Sometimes people make a real effort to follow the basic rules of bulk email only to fall at the last hurdle. I’ve just got a bulk email from Prospect (no, I’d never heard of them either, I wonder when I signed up for their mailings). As is usual with these things, they really want you… Continue reading So Close, And Yet…
Day: 19 February 2007
Cargo Cults
If you’re religious, then you really need to read this BBC article about a cargo cult in the South Pacific. Villagers at Sulphur Bay worship a mystical figure who they believe will one day bring them wealth and happiness. “John is our god,” declares village chief Isaac Wan, who beats his fists into the ground… Continue reading Cargo Cults
Virgin Radio Links
James Cridland from Virgin Radio has written to me pointing out that they have a number of radio streams that I might like to add to my BBC Radio Streams page. Of course, not being BBC streams, they don’t really fit on that page and I’m not really interested in building a complete directory of… Continue reading Virgin Radio Links
KartOO
Ooh, this looks fun. It’s a search engine which tries to work out the connections between the results it gets and draws a map that illustrates them. Nice use of Flash and the results seem (mostly) relevant for the few searches I’ve tried. Stupid name though. I’m probably way behind here. You all saw this… Continue reading KartOO