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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006I came accross the Waiter Rant blog via the post about ordering wine. I then read a good chunk of his previous posts. They are well written and for the most part amusing. Certainly renewed my respect for people who work in restaurants and the sh!t they have to put up with from joe public.
Remember:
Be [...]
Pandora
Thursday, December 8th, 2005Wow! Pandora is a really fantastic use of technology. It’s taken the Music Genome Project and allows you to find and listen to new music!
I started off with Interpol as a seed artist. It then went on to play the following songs
Obstacle - Interpol
Atlantis Nights- Hudson Bell
Come Rest Your Head- Tonic
Narc - Interpol
Through the Hedge [...]
Me
Friday, November 11th, 2005I get loads of hits from Google and other search engines where people have been searching for “David Hayes”. I’m really curious, are you looking for me or another David Hayes. Let me know!
Library Thing (think Flickr for Books)
Friday, October 7th, 2005I suspect Ruth will love this. Library Thing is a website that allows you to catalog all your books! Have a look at Tim Spalding’s book collection
Suspicious on the tube
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005Scary how easy it is to be suspicious on the tube. I guess he’s lucky they didn’t shoot first and ask quesions later. This is a prime example of why the police and government should not be given extra powers because of the culture of fear being whipped up by politicians and the media. It [...]
You’ll never be bored at work again…
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Millions of Games does exactly what it says on the tin…
Not subtle…
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005… but certainly an amusing advert (work safe but takes over the whole screen, maybe want the sound down)
BIG AD
Paramedics account of Katrina
Friday, September 9th, 2005This is a pretty harrowing account of two paramedics’ experience of Hurricane Katrina. Makes me very glad I’m not living in the US
New Orleans Katrina overlay
Thursday, September 8th, 2005This is pretty amazing, Google maps have an overlay showing The effects of Katrina on New Orleans. You need to flick between satellite and Katrina when you’re zoomed right in to get the full effect.
On a related note I’m still hoping some good might come out of this disaster in showing the USA what [...]
“If I dug a very deep hole…”
Thursday, September 8th, 2005For grown up children all over the world you can finally answer the question “Where would I end up if I dug a very deep hole?”
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