Looks like it’s quite the day for shiny new things. Google Analytics has had a major redesign too.
Category: web
When did Facebook get fashionable? I was just getting used to only following a couple of social networking sites and suddenly I start getting “be my friend” mail from Facebook several times a day. And I don’t really understand what Facebook gives you. MySpace at least has everyone in the known universe on it and… Continue reading Facebook
Metro on Conservapedia
It’s interesting to watch how quickly (or otherwise) internet memes get to the mainstream media. It’s three weeks since a number of bloggers started writing about Conservapedia and today the freebie London paper Metro ran a story on it. And they seem to rather miss the point of it. Their headline is “Weird, wild wiki… Continue reading Metro on Conservapedia
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
Blogwerx Sentinel
I’m reading Robert Scoble as I often do first think in the morning and he mentions Blogwerx Sentinel which is an application that monitors splogs to see who is copying your blog content without you knowing. It sounded interesting so I signed up. And a few seconds later I get this email: Dave Cross, Thank… Continue reading Blogwerx Sentinel
Incrypted with SLL
From an “Amazon” phishing mail that I’ve just received. Amazon will request personal data (password, credit card/bank numbers) only on our home site, wich is securely incrypted with SLL. See, if you don’t pay attention in your English classes, you’ll never be able to fool English speakers. Well, unless they didn’t pay attention in English… Continue reading Incrypted with SLL
Karma Download
Last time I checked (sometime late last year) the Karma Download web site [Update 2013: this address now redirects you a rather dodgy web site – you probably don’t want to follow that link] was displaying a message saying that they hoped to be back in action in a few days (I understand that they… Continue reading Karma Download
Tricking the Customer
I really hate it when companies who have a good product spoil it by trying to trick the customer into spending more money than they really want to. Today’s example is LoveFilm. Last year I wrote an entry about how I was considering trying out one of these new DVD rental services. They all seemed… Continue reading Tricking the Customer
The Sun Searches for Sick Web Sites
The Sun has launched a search for “the web’s most disturbing websites”. Just send your suggestions to sick.clicks@the-sun.co.uk and “our web team will get on the case” (whatever that means). I don’t know about you, but high on my list of the sickest sites on the web is www.thesun.co.uk. Do you think I should let… Continue reading The Sun Searches for Sick Web Sites
Boo!
It looks like boo.com is being resurrected. I know people who are still emotionally scarred from its first incarnation.