Aside from my other pictures from my SEW Live trip earlier this month, I also had some from my trip to Google. Candygate was in the news before I left, and I promised during one of our Daily SearchCast episodes to investigate. Yes, M&Ms were still to be had. Not in all the food areas, [...]
I just wanted to unload a few photos from my recent trip out to California and Seattle for our SEW Live event last week. The show was at the Kimpton, where I’d never stayed. Someone told me they’ll give you a fish to keep you company in your room. So I asked, and sure enough, [...]
I have two external hard drives, my older Maxtor 5000DV 160GB unit and the newer LinkStation 250GB unit I got about a year ago. Until recently, the Maxtor was my main backup drive. I got the LinkStation mainly to work as a network print server, so that I could have one printer available to any [...]
Saturday is Reeve’s day for us here in Wiltshire. That is, our weekly visit to Reeve The Baker. While I sorely miss not being able to swing by a Taco Bell for a seven layer burrito, finding Reeve’s was an unexpected treasure when we moved here eight years ago. If you’re heading by to see [...]
Here’s something that doesn’t reassure you when you go looking for your favorite airline, as I did to check on a flight just now. Poor old Virgin. Knowing the Virgin site as I do, I think it crashed around the time Googlebot came along. I find it crashes a lot. Still, Virgin deserves some blame. [...]
The first time I saw Stonehenge, I figured it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Now I live five miles from it and see it on a regular basis, out the window of my car whenever I drive into town. I’ve also taken plenty of visitors to see the stones, plus watched others arrive for viewings. I’ll [...]
I’ve been traveling to a lot to different cities in the US over the past week, and it gave me an good chance to try out how well my Verizon UTStarcom XV6700 works as a broadband modem. I’ve used it everywhere, and it has been superfast and flawless. Below, a look at that, along with [...]
…to type in a URL? That’s what someone shouted out during our Search Engine Watch Forums Live event just now. The answer is two, at least when Vanessa from Google Sitemaps has hurt her arm. Lots of fun and a relaxed atmosphere here today. Live blogging going up on the Search Engine Watch Forums later [...]
My earlier rant about the no smoking light on airplanes will make more sense with this post, which also involved taking my camera into the lavatory. Don’t panic! There’s nothing to shield your eyes from other than perhaps a strange juxtaposition of smoking/no smoking signs. Seated upon your aerial throne, you’re greeted with this confusing [...]
I posted this once before on the SEW Blog, but it’s annoying me once again — the no smoking lights on airplanes. Why do any airplanes still have these, and can’t they change them into what they really should be, a “No Electronic Devices” light? I’m always waiting to know when I can light up [...]