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I aquired System0.com

I have been using the domain name System0.net for my online presence (ie. my home page) since 2002. I never really thought about getting the .com but I checked recently and saw that the owner was selling it through Sedo. When I first registered the name I of course checked …

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Don’t let Google catch you passing out drunk

I had to laugh when I came across this story. It’s one thing to get caught walking in the street in Googles StreetView, it’s another thing to get caught sleeping on the street pissed off your head. The man, Bill, is not planning to make a complaint. I’m not too …

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Bernie Mac has died

The comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from pneumonia. I thought he was hilarious so I was shocked to hear him die so young. Bernie Mac dies at 50


Finally, my first guest post

I’ve ran a few blogs over the last few years, most notably the blog for my old poker forums. At the moment I have a few blogs however my main one, BloggingTips, is about a year and a half old now. The blog has had dozens of guest posters and …

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Website Ideas : Start your own Twitter Site

I come across some great scripts from time to time. I do buy some of them but most of the time I don’t bother because I’m busy with other things or because I don’t think I’d be able to build a successful site with the script. Therefore, from now on …

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Badfellas

I came across this old Harry Enfield sketch today. Quality :)


Google Street View Coming To UK

Well it looks like Google’s Street View is coming to the UK. Expect to see a small bald fat man with a camera the length of his arm at a street near you pretty soon. This will be followed by months of stories of privacy invasions, complaints and more. Personally, …

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YouTube gets sued for $779 million

Looks like YouTube is going to get taking to the cleaners. I don’t see how they will get out of this one. They have been showing copyrighted clips online with adsense ads at the side. They do remove copyrighted videos but it’s claimed they have been too slow and in …

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Amazon Launches PayPal Competitor

I’ve read a few articles today about the launch of Amazon’s new payment system. Their payment system allows developers to use Amazons back end. I for one welcome. According to the New York Times there are 81 million customers in the USA with their credit card details in the amazon …

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Google has indexed over 1 trillion web pages

Google reported the other day that their servers have now indexed over 1,000,000,000,000 URL’s. Compare this with 26 million pages when they launched in 1998 and one billion in 2000. It’s a pretty good estimate on how much the web has grown in the last 10 years. I see no …

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