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I met up with the STUB folks last night, and it was great. Next stop the Cricketers’ Arms.
I met up with the STUB folks last night, and it was great. Next stop the Cricketers’ Arms.
We saw Geoffrey last Friday, and he was brilliant. I confess his album took a couple of listens before I liked it, but then it just clicked. Try it.
Forgot to mention that we went to Sculpture by the Sea - the annual, uhm, sculpture by the seaside event in Sydney, and it was nothing short of a little bit better than last year. It’s always a nice walk anyway, but there were a couple of bits I thought were great.
I’m going to do the Sydney to the Gong bike ride (90kms) next weekend - it’s for MS Australia and raises money for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis. I’m doing the ride with my ex-neighbour George - if you’d like to sponsor me that would be great.
Whilst it may be a trend, I’m surprised Springwise (normally excellent) didn’t pass judgment on these smashing people - a company which lets you pay money to smash perfectly good crockery. Is it just me or is this just plain wrong when the majority of people on the planet earn less per day than a [...]
So.. we went to Stevie Wonder’s gig at the Acer Arena last night, and wow was it great. Any vague annoyance at them starting 45 minutes after the “make sure you arrive on time, no latecomers will be allowed” start time was forgotten even as he shadow boxed his way on to the stage. [...]
There’s a new firefox beta out which feels much more slick than the nightly Minefield releases I’ve been using for the last few months - nice work all round to anyone involved. Full release notes in the link.
Thanks to a tweet tip from @trib, my location is now automatically up to date on twitter thanks to nokia via fireeagle, via brightkite.. now that’s modern.
I’ve updated a google maps/eateries demo I did a couple of years ago so it uses the new geolocation api included in firefoxes geode extension. Both of the people who have firefox and geode in Sydney can now marvel at geode.
Here’s a link to the demo
Anyone know whether any of the main advertising networks support (very) location specific advertising ? with the advent of Geode and GPS/mobile devices in general, there’s an obvious opportunity to make ads altogether more personal (useful/value for money/profitable) than they currently are.
Google claims to geotarget but I’ve not seen it do anything other than [...]