I just heard on Red FM that Texaco are telling their retailers to increase the price of unleaded petrol to 1.20/lt! I filled up with petrol at 1.05/lt this morning but I might just fill the tank this evening if this is confirmed elsewhere.
Author Archives: Donncha
streamtuner – Internet radio tuner
I came across streamtuner a few days ago and installed it from Debian apt when it sparked my interest.
It talks to radio directories like SHOUTcast and Live365 and lists them in a nice gui. Click on any station and up pops xmms!
I never got into the whole streaming radio thing before, but there’s every sort of station out there! I’m amazed!
How NOT to use blogs in education
How you should not use blogs in eduction, or in other environments too. James is doing some interesting things with WPMU and he has great ideas!
Nice Forms
How to make forms look pretty!
Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774-2004
I’m not an economist but these fallacies sound reasonable and true to my mind. Anyone care to dispute them?
Google Ranking Factors
Here’s a list of things that affect your Google Rank. Ranked by how effective they probably are in determining where you’ll appear in a search result.
Cambridge in Colour – Digital Photography Tutorials
Wow, lots of tutorials here. Everything from explaining sharpness, depth of field and histograms to diffraction! Plenty to digest.
The War on Terror: Bash
The War on Terror described in Bash script!
Amazon No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design
Jakob Nielsen’s critique of Amazon has garnered a lot of interest from del.icio.us users. I unsubbed myself from Jakob’s mailing list ages ago as he just wasn’t relevant any more and uninteresting but maybe this will be different?
Making of a Brick
Where do lego bricks come from? Here’s what happens in the factory!