Monthly Archives: May 2007

Google announces Google Gears

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Google have just announced the creation of a toolkit and set of browser extensions to allow web applications like Gmail, Google maps and potentially all other applications. It works in the same way that printer spoolers do in operating systems:- … Continue reading →

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Grind my gears: Automatic article generators

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Here is an 'article' generated from the keyword 'internet':  The Internet is good, but not because it cannot be regulated. The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. That is, traffic on the Internet is much more like a … Continue reading →

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Rape: 8yrs; Murder: 15yrs; Copyright Infringement: Life?

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

The RIAA and the US attorney general are at it again in the USA. They have submitting a bill to congress with a proposal to increase the sentence for Copyright Infringement to life imprisonment in a lovely US jail.  Their … Continue reading →

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Revision: Computer and Internet Technologies

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

In a desperate last attempt to help me revise my first year course, I'm going to publish rewritten notes to help someone revise Computer Science topics – this first post will be about Internet Communications. Sorry that I'm deviating away … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu group confirm new multimedia creation studio

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

The team who bring us Ubuntu, Kubuntu and everything *ubuntu, have announced the creation of a new flavour to their line of open source operating systems — Ubuntu Studio. This is from the website: Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the … Continue reading →

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How to write better Google ads

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

The following is a list of the easiest and strongest ways to make you Google Adwords more effective: Plan the adThis may sound obvious, but so many people don't do it. Plan the ad's words and selling point carefully before making the … Continue reading →

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Microplop.com Version 3 – complete

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

If you are reading this on my website, and not on my feed or through facebook then your are seeing the third version layout of Microplop.com – hope you like it. It still needs a little tinkering here and there, … Continue reading →

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Lock Paris Hilton away and throw away the key

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Finally! We all have a chance to chuck that witch Paris Hilton in jail, and either: 'Lose' the key Throw key in big river Force Paris to 'ingest' key Make her go into a X-men/Magneto style prison – no chance … Continue reading →

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Borisbot Chatbot

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

I have now finished and handed in my Chatbot final year assessment project for Programming at Reading University. Whenever I get the time I will release the source code, and executables for Windows and Linux as open source. The following is an extract … Continue reading →

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Pandora is closed off – USA is destroying music, freedom and the internet.

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

For those of you that don’t know, Pandora is a free, legal service that allows you to stream full length music tracks over the internet. You then input your favourite bands, groups or singers into Pandora. A complex algorithm will … Continue reading →

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