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Rural broadband
Ireland, Tech, WebFT reports on a rural broadband initiative in the UK. I’d love to see something like this being adopted in Ireland.
Not yet two years old, it is estimated to have brought in hundreds of thousands of pounds of investment by enabling entrepreneurs to thrive in areas that would have once been off limits, with 50,000 rural businesses now in reach of a fast internet connection.
Infrastructure investment is a mantra that has been heard from too long from the current Irish government. However, when it has come to prescient action, the efforts so far have look flat-footed and slow.
“We are levelling the playing field with urban areas,†said Andy Lister, marketing director of NYnet. Private companies have little incentive to build networks in sparsely populated areas and the costs for businesses increase the further they are from the exchange.
Newsweek forces Dan Lyons to quit blogging
Tech, WebFirst it was Fake Steve Jobs, now it’s Real Dan Lyons.
A frustrated Dan Lyons told me this afternoon that he is hanging up his personal blog at RealDanLyons.com after his Newsweek bosses made him yank a blog post where Lyons (rightfully) called Yahoo’s PR staff “lying sacks of shit.”
Did anyone at Newsweek actually read Fake Steve? Those viciously funny barbs were the main attraction of the blog.
gMail chat now available for voice and video
Tech, WebGoogle adds video and voice to gMail chat. There’s still quite a feature lag to Skype or Yahoo Messenger.
Getting into mobile internet
Munich, Tech, Travel, WebI’m a late adopter when it comes to using the internet on a phone. This has mainly come about due to the dearth of services that were available, my reluctance to commit to any type of contract and I wanted to get away from being online when I am away from the office or my apartment. However, now that I do a weekly commute and the fact that the train services I use don’t have any wireless services meant that I was out of touch for long spells on Mondays and Fridays. That was annoying when it meant being out of the loop while news was breaking on Monday or social plans were being made on Friday. This all came to a head when I needed a new phone and after a terrible experiment with an Lg, I found a review of the nokia 6220 classic on youtube that suggested it had the features of the N82 but without the huge pricetag. I got it and I got a kick out of using features like GPS, google maps, twitter, etc. However, the frequency and cost of topping up my credit was a problem. I went into t-mobile in Munich and they offered me a priceplan of 10 Euro a month but I had to commit to a contract. Since then, I haven’t looked back. My costs have good down, my train journeys are not so boring and now I’ve written my first blog post on the phone. Have a nice weekend.
Global Air Traffic over 24 hours
Tech, Thought Provoking, Travel, WebBeautiful simulation of the amount of air traffic that happens every day throughout the world.
Once upon a time in Norway
Tech, Thought Provoking, Travel, WebTelemegaphone promises that your voice will be carried over the fjords of Norway by calling a number that is hooked to the loudspeaker powered by wind turbines. However, if the weather is especially calm, there may not be enough power make your announcement heard.
According to A Very Short List where I got the tip, it will only continue until September 6, the start of deer hunting season.
Interesting Proposal
Photography, Thought Provoking, WebValleywag has a funny story about a Google employee who used Street View to propose to his girlfriend. Basically he knew when the Street car taking the photographs of the street would be coming around to his house and arranged a sign that the car would see. Impressive.
Coldplay and Stuff White People Like
Music, Thought Provoking, WebFrom Vanity Fair.
It is important to be aware that an affinity for Coldplay can cause an immediate loss of respect among “advanced†level white people. The best way to earn the trust of these people is to say “Coldplay is this generation’s U2.†(Note: this is an insult.) Advanced level white people are often the poorest white people in terms of money but the richest in terms of credibility and respect.
More appropriately, in my opinion Coldplay are this generation’s Dire Straits.
PicLens – Have you heard of it?
Photography, Tech, WebPicLens is an amazing browser addon. It basically takes over the whole screen and provides a very intuitive way of browsing through photographs and videos on sites like Flickr and YouTube. It can run on any site after some modifications and there is also a wordpress plugin to enable a photo blog run through wordpress. It’s been a while since my jaw has opened at something on the web but this is really special. Go on, give it a try!