Google launches online calendar

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Apr 132006
 

: “WEB SEARCH outfit Google has added a new service to its online portfolio.
The service is called Google Calendar and is able to tell you what day it is. You can sign up . “

This has been rumoured for an amazingly long time. I’ll give it a whirl and tell you what I think…
So far no joy on logging in. Everybody else in the world is probably trying the same thing….

Update: It works!
First impression: Very fast, slick, simple and no adverts
Import of Yahoo Calendar events: Failed! Maybe later.
Another gripe: No tagging? Gmail manages it and I want to categorise my events! I know the product is out for mere hours, but surely that was a consideration?
In general: I like it and I’ll use it in preference to Yahoo Calendar. Now all I want is Gmail contacts to be seperated from Gmail which I can’t access from behind a firewall.

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Google, eBay and Amazon may build their own Internet

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Apr 132006
 

Google, eBay and Amazon may build their own Internet: “AT&T and the telcos have got government backing to charge Google and other Web sites extortion-type fees unless Google and others pay for adequate bandwidth.

Now it seems that Google and the other big sites are going to tell them to go forth and multiply and they will build their own connections into punter’s homes.”

I hear rumblings of this from time to time. Telcos complaining how websites get more complicated and put up heavier content and the telco is left with the thankless task of upgrading the bandwidth to match.

Forgetting the fact that the telcos already charge consumers for access and the fact the site designers don’t put fat content up willy-nilly, it’s based on the prevalence of necessary hardware and connections amongst the punters.

Charging websites for having high-bandwidth content is just silly.

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Deep-filled tart with relish

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Apr 122006
 
Strange subject line? Well you can just imagine my face when I saw it on today’s lunch menu! Okay, very childish and immature, but it still makes me snigger. Not sure my colleagues would appreciate it though.
This week is a week of preparation for an all-week workshop/project milestone event in Eindhoven next week. Busy, busy. But you never know, it might mean I get rolled off this project. And rolling off is probably appropriate, my eating habits have bcome disgustingly unhealthy.
Looking forward to seeing The Wolves in the Walls on Saturday in Hammersmith with Penny on Saturday. And Sunday… I’m meeting The ‘Rents. Penny’s that is. If I don’t survive the encounter, it’s been nice knowing a great many of you.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Podcast numbers cut through hype

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Apr 102006
 

BBC NEWS Technology Podcast numbers cut through hype: “People downloading to podcasts are still in a minority, despite the hype surrounding them, research suggests. “

What a shock! To enjoy podcasts you need a) the right technology, b) some tech savvy, c) actually find a topic you want to hear about and d) like the speaker enough to listen to them on a regular basis.

I have the tools and the knowledge, but not the desire in any way to listen to podcasts. Unlike text, I can’t scan the article for tone, content and style to see if I’m going to give it my full attention.
Also, I’ve never really been a fan of talk radio, which is basically what most podcasts are, just without the phone-ins. So without the comments or feedback, it’s shere vanity publishing.

And as for those people who podcast their selection of music, I find it of limited appeal. Sure, you’ve the chance to discover new music from someone elses collection, but I’m a bit isolationist in my music taste. I much prefer listening to my existing collection rather than somebody elses.

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Non-stop action

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Apr 042006
 

There’s just no end to the activity these days. My weeks are spent generally in another country (so much for being mostly based in the UK) and so I don’t get to spend anywhere as much time as I’d like with Penny or in the new flat we worked so hard for. And are in fact still working hard for as there’s some new furniture to be assembled and filled and there’ll still be more to come. This ‘starting afresh from the ground up’ lark is getting tedious. It’s progress but very slow, a gradual journey.

Last weekend was a good one though. It would have been even better if I hadn’t fallen a little ill (which always seems to happen these days when I take some time off), but still good. Penny and I went into London to be tourists for a while, popping into the Maritime Museum (pirates research) and the Cutty Sark (pirates inspiration) before grabbing some food at a very tasty vegetarian restaurant called . Penny also finally managed to aquire Dave McKean’s ‘Cages’ and I picked up a Constantine book, ‘All his engines’ in Forbidden Planet.

It was Day on Saturday. Nothing happened to me, but the funniest web-based ones were who announced: “After many years of attacking religious beliefs, illusionist Derren Brown has decided to return to the Christian faith of his childhood and is looking to join the priesthood.” Highly amusing. , a site of tips and tricks for easier living, posted up advice for dealing with, or living as, zombies. Apparently the shotgun is the weapon of choice for zombie hunting.

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