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Archive for January, 2009

27 Jan, 2009

how not to get followed on Twitter

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: Social Networks

There are so many reasons in that single image as to why I did not return this user’s follow…

25 Jan, 2009

links for 2009-01-25

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: Links

Do You Hate Helvetica? | The Design O'Blog
Interesting interview with a designer who hates the font Helvetica
(tags: fonts typography hatred)

Hackszine.com: Train your iPhone's dictionary
How to train your iPhone to learn new words, a nice simple trick.
(tags: iphonetips iphone tips hacks)

25 Jan, 2009

How to train your iPhone to spell the words you use

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: IPhone

Having had an iPhone 3G for a few months now, I had noticed that it seemed to learn words after you had typed them out a few times, adding them to the dictionary for that phone. I had even wondered if there was a way to get those words directly into the dictionary, but presumed [...]

It is said that Twitter may be discussed by Jonathon Ross and Stephen Fry on Ross’s chat show, tonight on BBC1. If it is mentioned (and we don’t know it will be, that could have been edited out), it could be the point that Twitter really takes off massively in the UK. I’ll predict if [...]

17 Jan, 2009

Interesting little iPhone tip

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: IPhone

This is what happens when you doubletap on the iPhone home button…Hidden features of the iPhone button | creativebits

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15 Jan, 2009

iPhone games – Chess with Friends

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: IPhone| Mobiles

Nice simple little application this, it does exactly what it says on the tin. It allows you to play a game of chess online with your friends. Obviously it is turn based, but as it is played via a server, you can play your game over several days, checking in to see if your friend [...]

13 Jan, 2009

Google Chrome on Mac OSX (almost)

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: Browsers| Google| Mac

Google have confirmed today that they’re aiming to have Mac OSX and Linux versions of their Google Chrome browser ready for release by the middle of 2009. In the meantime, it may be possible to build a version to try out from source. According to the current advisory, they aren’t even working on the user [...]

11 Jan, 2009

Windows 7 Beta works with Virtualbox on Mac OSX

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: Mac

A little experiment tonight, decided to see if I could get the Windows 7 Beta running on my iMac using Sun’s Virtualbox software. I’ve been meaning to try out Virtualbox for a while, and this seemed like a good method of seeing just how versatile it is.
Basic result of the experiment is that it works, [...]

11 Jan, 2009

links for 2009-01-11

Posted by: Graeme Hunter In: Links

Human Giant
MTV Comedy Sketch Show.
(tags: comedyshows sketch show tv mtv)

Dead-Frog – A Comedy Blog
Good source for comedy news
(tags: comedyblog comedy blog news standup)

Punchline Magazine
Comedy News from an American viewpoint
(tags: comedyblog blog comedy standup)

the comic's comic
Blog devoted to covering stand-up comedy
(tags: comedy stand-up blog)


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