Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:02:37
Strange Google-owned domain names
Pingdom have compiled a list of odd domain names owned by Google. googlepoo.com is my favourite.
Pingdom have compiled a list of odd domain names owned by Google. googlepoo.com is my favourite.
Andy Baio delves through an old hard drive from the offices of Infocom, the legendary game developers from the late ’80s. On the hard drive is a playable version of Milliways - the unreleased sequel to Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Fascinating stuff.
BBC’s catch-up TV service will be available to UK ‘licence payers’ via the Internet Channel on the Nintendo Wii. Nice.
And about time too…
Platform for web apps provided by Google. Sounds like fun, though the sample app HuddleChat is causing a bit of stink.
Excellent April Fool’s joke from the BBC.
The webpage is a masterclass in web typography. Sounds like an interesting conference too.
““There’s an old poker adage: Look around the table, and if you can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you. One gets the feeling that if you see Leander Kahney at your table, you can stop looking.””
— — John Gruber vents his fury at Wired’s Leander Kahney. Classic DF.
I guess ‘Tor of Cism’ (the Mordor-like tower) is a thinly-veiled reference to Microsoft…