Archive for January 2007
New Google Adsense Design?
I was writing a post over on Binary Joy earlier when I saw the image below pop up in the preview pane.
Ok it's not the biggest news in the world but it's interesting to see that Google are now using, or at least testing, images as part of their text ads. Google are well known for testing things live and then never using them so I will be interested to see ...
Disney ads featuring your favorite celebs
They have gotten quite a bit of press in the uk recently - largely (only?) because of David Beckhams move to the US, and I wasn't particularly interested however now I have seen the final images and I really like the recent Disney adverts.
You can download full sized wallpapers from the official Disney page. My favourite is Scarlett Johannson as Cinderella - shown above.
These were created by Annie Leibovitz for the ...
Creatures of Harryhausen
I watched some of Clash of the Titans at Christmas - I used to love the classic Ray Harryhausen films. With the progresses made in computers and special effects the models have lost their sense of awe, but the skill used is still vast and the stories are as fantastic as ever so I was very happy when I found this, The Creatures of Harryhausen, the other day.
The page lists all the creatures Harryhausen created for the various ...
Yamipod – itunes replacement for your ipod
The title isn't strictly true - Yamipod is a system for transferring songs to and from your ipod on any computer with no restrictions. It does not hook up with iTunes, or do any of the cataloguing stuff, but for simple music management it looks very handy. As an added bonus it doesn't need to be installed so can be run directly from your ipod... and it works on any OS (windows 98se+, Mac OS10.2+ and any Linux version ...
Guitar Hero + Dragonforce combo
Woah - I've played Guitar Hero 1 and, well, am an embarrassment. The game is huge fun, especially after a couple of drinks, but I suck awfully. I suspect my major downfall is my total lack of rhythm.
Anyway apparently this song, the Dragonforce one in the video below, was actually added via a "hack" that let's people add other songs to the Guitar Hero game. This does require modding your ps2, along with a bunch of different software, so ...
George RR Martin tv series?
I have mentioned my love of George RR Martins books before. Since reading the song of ice and fire books, I have read a few of his other individual books/ collaborations, and a couple of short stories and they are all equally great, so when I read the news earlier today I was filled with a mixture of joy and fear.
HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series "A Song of Fire & Ice" ...
.Net magazine – out now – featuring me!
The latest issue of .Net magazine is published today, and in it is an article written by me, about Miniclip.com.
It was actually a task that was thrust upon me after my return from Malaysia, however I enjoy this sort of thing so was happy to give it a go.
The article ended up being a short piece on the history ...
Urban Fonts – Free and commercial fonts
Urban Fonts is a free font download site and they recently tasked me with writing a (paid) review for them.
When it comes to fonts I already have a favourite website which I normally use for my own font finding needs . It has everything I need, vast amounts of free fonts to download, the ability to preview fonts, including changing the font preview text. Vast numbers of categories and a decent search engine to speed things up. I didn't ...
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