Author: paulzag

  • More del.icio.us

    Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 04:37 pm Further to yesterday?s post on del.icio.us David Muir pointed me to his excellent guide to del.icio.us. While it assumes your browser is Internet Explorer, it is the sort of guide I could give my mum, so I?ll forgive that. It?s a great introduction, explanation and exploration…

  • forget favorites, beyond bookmarks, try del.icio.us

    Last updated on March 27th, 2017 at 04:29 pm I was chatting to my friend Sim’ about blogs and stuff when I raised del.icio.us and he said I looked at del.icio.us – yet another web system of questionable value was my analysis unless you can convince me it’s worth the effort? That’s when I realised I…

  • Technorati Live 8 Badge

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:55 am I was checking my logs? How cool is this? There?s a?technorati badge for Live8 bloggers.

  • Live 8 blog

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:50 am I?m watching the Live 8 concert and signed ZagZ.com to the Live 8 list. Go add your name to the list if you care. If you visited after seeing a reference to?ZagZ.com, say hi in a comment.

  • eBay Live 8 fiasco

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:46 am The fiasco: Live 8: Bob Gendolf and friends are presenting the G8 meeting in Scotland with a plan to end poverty in Africa and stop 30,000 children dying every single day. They are staging Live 8 10 concerts, 100 artists, a million spectators, 2 billion viewers…

  • eBay Watch

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:48 am Welcome to the Online?Watch category. I?ll be posting observations on eBay and online marketplaces. This category used to be called “eBay Watch”, but I’m expanding it beyond just eBay.

  • Shrine to Spirits

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:49 am My travels often lead me to a welcoming, though unfamiliar, bar. Beer puts me to sleep, I can drink wine only around a meal. Now spirits are a wonder. Check out the Shrine to Spirits before your next seedy circuit, you may try a more adventuresome…

  • Javascript nasty

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:34 am Today I also came across a nasty endless loop Javascript. This sucker can trap IE, Firefox and Opera in an endless loop requiring you to kill the application via task manager or kill the process if using one of the *nix. Go get the NoScript –…

  • American or British Spelling

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:31 am A dozen years ago I was a publisher of childrens and adult non-fiction books. That role allowed me to set editorial policy on spelling and style usage. We decided to follow the lead of the Macquarie Dictionary as the leading arbiter of Australian English. We?d discuss…

  • Samsung DigitAll Connect KL

    Last updated on June 24th, 2015 at 01:26 am In Kuala Lumpur the free internet kiosk is called the Samsung DigitAll Connect. It?s right outside the arrivals gate. Cool! I?ve already had a cute German backpacker ask me if the internet was free. One day we?ll take ubiquitous free internet access for granted.