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Pranksters invade Starbucks with desktop computers - Engadget
“… folks from Improv Everywhere lugged some ancient desktop computers (replete with CRT monitors) into a Starbucks.”
(tags: Internet,Starbucks,technology)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Adobe fuses on and offline worlds
“Adobe Air allows developers to build tools that still have some functionality even when a computer is no longer connected to [...]

Photos from Jenny’s first collection at Projection 216.
Model: Yi Mei
Photographer: Andreas Larsson
We’ve just uploaded photos of Jenny’s new collection at her websites Projection216 and JNFashionStudio.This is Jenny’s first new collection since she moved from Shanxi Nan Lu to her new studio at Taikang Lu. The move has worked out well. Taikang Lu has a great [...]

doubleTwist is DVD Jon’s latest venture into his fight against media digital rights management. He gained notereity nine years ago when he broke copy protection on DVDs.
doubleTwist is a Windows download that removes copy protection from music purchased from the Itunes Store. It converts files from protected AAC into MP3s that can be played on [...]

Using the Internet in China is like being constipated with someone else’s bowel.
I have to use the Internet to teach ICT and I would love my classes to make full use of interactive web tools such as Youtube, Skype, podcasting, UStream, Twitter and Delicious. The problem is that all this international data needs [...]

I went to the supermarket today with my ITGS students to look at the shop’s IT systems, which caused me to have an epiphany.
The first few weeks of living in another country are always thrilling. Going to the supermarket took on the aurora of going to another planet, because everything was so different. Going to [...]

Opera Mini™ Simulator
Easy way of getting to sites that are bloacked in China, but your desktop needs Java.
(tags: browser mobile opera simulator)

30+ Online Resources to Expand your English Vocabulary | MakeUseOf.com
Excellent collection of online and offline dictionaries and thesauruses.
(tags: education language reference)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Why the future is in your hands
“Sales of smartphones [...]

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I have to give a presentation tomorrow on ways of making better use of Email.
I initiated it after noticing that important information was sometimes being lost, because people are being overwhelmed with dozens of daily messages that are long, unstructured and not always relevant. I figured it was [...]

Hate mail hell of a gap-year blogger
Max Gogarty’s Guardian travel blog received hundreds of negative comments after readers thought the 19 year old blogger was recruited through family connections, which The Gogarts deny. The blog has since been withdrawn.
(tags: blogs,trolls,nepotism)

Gizmoproject Update
I have raved about using the Skype alternative, Gizmoproject before. It runs on your cellphone using a java app called Gizmo5. The trouble is that you can no longer buy credit using Paypal, which makes it very diffcult to buy call out credit from China. You can pay using Google Checkout, but that service [...]

BBC NEWS | Business | Illegal downloaders ‘face UK ban’
“People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering.”
BUT CAN YOU STOP PEOPLE FROM UISNG WIFI HOTSPOTS OR USING A FRIEND’s CONNECTION?
(tags: Piracy, UK, Legal)