That Danny!
From the monthly archives: October 2008
Chris Read, a 42-year-old from Kent, is facing legal action for libel after leaving negative feedback for an item he bought on auction site eBay. On October 3, Read used the feedback facility on eBay and wrote: “Item was scratched, chipped and not the model advertised on Mr Jones’s eBay account.” Mr Read subsequently [...]
Xiahe – an update on access for foreigners.
Following my article about the Tibetan towns of Xiahe and Tongren being closed to the outside world, I got the following update from Oswald, a Dutch traveller who managed to get through:
I read on your website you wanted to know if [...]
UFO? I took the following picture in the mid Atlantic, on Sao Miguel Island – above Sete Cidades Lake (16 Oct 08, 10.41am local time, ISO 100, 12Megapixels) . I didn’t actually see the object, and only noticed it when checking the pictures later.
Ever the cynic, I am inclined to think that it was [...]
My partner, D., likes escaping to islands that I’ve never heard of, usually in the middle of nowhere. This is sometimes as simple as spinning Google Earth until a candidate presents itself, followed by the planning of a ‘random holiday’. Weird as this sounds, I must admit that after my initial doubts subside it [...]
Website statistics: what’s wrong with the following statements?
1. My website gets 20,000 hits a month!
2. My website gets three million unique visitors a year!
3. Our statistics show that users spend an average of 30 minutes per visit to our website!
When you boast to your friends that your blog gets 10,000 hits, [...]
How do the credit crunch and rising food prices affect the world and especially poorer nations and developing countries?
Leading experts have come together to share their views at the headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
This is my live reporting from the event, which was organised by the [...]
There’s nothing wrong with new language trends – and I’ve noticed how some companies (especially those in new media and technology) are now removing spaces from their names and capitalising mid-name instead, as in SalesForce, WordPress and many others.
But much like with text speak (txt spk), I think we aren’t quite ready for [...]
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