http://www.hostblog.co.uk documenting the news, evolution, trials and trivialities of managing a new brand of a hosting organisation Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:48:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are household chores cutting into your social life ? How many important calls have you missed whilst doing [tag]laundry[/tag] ? Dont want to take two appliances into the [tag]utility room[/tag] ? Then you need .... An Iron Phone Cleverly combining two of a womans favourite things ( [tag]ironing[/tag] and [tag]talking[/tag] ) into one handy ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/71 This just amused me :D http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/69 I like [tag]gadgets[/tag] - devices to perform a specific function/purpose, to make my life easier, more enjoyable, or just different. I'm not alone in this - which is why every high-street has a gadget-shop of some kind. Sadly the human brain is wired so you can only think one of: "bling" is fashionable technology ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/68 I've recently discovered a MMRPG (Massive Multiplayer Role Paying Game) browser based and free, very reminiscent of the early sim-city type programs. This wonderful gem is called Travian, and available to play right now :D It's been around for a while, with active forums, comprehensive wiki, clans (alliances) and so forth, ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/67 (or at least cause an epileptic fit) Chuck together One dark room 100 helium filled balloons 100 white LEDs Some string and servos Music by a Kraftwerk Addict This simple formula of light, sound and acrobatic bubbles by designers "Electric MoOns" is either a masterpiece, or an experiment in causing people to up-chuck - you decide ... Electric ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/66 "Punchable" is how the tabloids have been describing online scammer Liam Young of OXYUK. For those that missed his entry into the Big Brother House here's the video summary ... Habitual Liar Liam Young Enters The Big Brother House And for completeness sake, here's link to the video of the lttle bollock-sucker getting ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/65 Well, C4's Big Brother series has started again, with a selection of Endemol hand-picked "characters" to represent a cross section of the UK's up-and-coming lads and lasses ... presumably some attempt by the program makers to "appeal" to a new audience, as the viewing figures continue to decline. One of the ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/64 Deep in an underground bunker, mad scientist geeks are working night and afternoon (real geeks are like vampires, alergic to sunlight) on the next google launch ... ANDROIDS This week the big-G registered and drop-caught a number of new domains now sitting on the G's nameservers including... androidhandset.com androidhandsets.com androidmobile.com androidphone.com androidphones.com ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2008/63 Well, it's almost the end of the year, so in every industry it'll be Lists and Resolutions for a while now... The constant dross is on the goggle-box, designed either to make you conform, or simply to confirm that 99% of viewers are brain-dead like... 100 most unappaling songs ever 100 mind-numbing sports ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2007/61 #3 Serverbeach During a storm a power feed failure lead to the ServerBeach datacentre to switch onto generator power. Sadly at SB the generators didn't cover the aircon units, just the servers. Internal temperatures quickly soared to 60+ degrees in the DC, meaning everything had to be immediately shut down to save the ... http://www.hostblog.co.uk/2007/62