Links Archive for January 2007
rose pruyne » Facebook, Time to Grow Up
Monday 29 January 2007 #
An interesting article on the inflexibility of Facebook. Much of the information which is suggested you provide on a Facebook profile is irrelevant to many people. I’ll be writing on this topic soon.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Latinist laments ‘dying language’
Monday 29 January 2007 #
One of the world’s leading scholars in Latin—Fr Reggie Foster, the Pope’s chief latinist—says the language is dying out.
SatireWire | Australia Gets Drunk, Wakes Up in North Atlantic
Sunday 28 January 2007 #
After what witnesses described as an all night blinder during which it kept droning on about how it was always being bloody ignored by the whole bloody world and would bloody well stand to do something about it, Australia this morning woke up to find itself in the middle of the North Atlantic.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Steve’s devices
Wednesday 10 January 2007 #
Another annual occurrence: the comparison between Steve Jobs’ presentation at MacWorld, and Bill Gates’ at the Consumer Electronics Show. Every year, the same conclusion.
ZunePhone Ad: Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s iPhone [YouTube]
Wednesday 10 January 2007 #
Spoof advertisement for a Microsoft ‘ZunePhone’, hot on the heels of Steve Jobs’ iPhone announcement.
Adactio: Journal - A brief word
Monday 8 January 2007 #
Jeremy Keith on the butchering of the English language which goes on in so much advertising.
The Apple Product Cycle
Wednesday 3 January 2007 #
It’s like, so, totally true, man. That’s how it happens. Every time. MacWorld San Francisco is less than a week away.
Hack Attack: A guide for switching to a Mac - Lifehacker
Tuesday 2 January 2007 #
Article from LifeHacker giving information about the basic things you generally wouldn’t think about when working with a Mac, but which when you first make the switch from Windows cause you to scratch your head until your scalp bleeds.
