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Monthly Archive for April, 2008

MacHeist Software Bundle Still Available

Chris
Posted by Chris April 30, 2008
Categories: Apple, Featured, Software

12 Top Mac AppsAs the MacUpdate Parallels Bundle has ended don’t forget that MacHeist remains open and popular as ever.

So far over 60,000 bundles have been sold and the amount raised for charities is currently in excess of $720,000 (£365,000 – €462,000).

There is also a referral scheme which participants earn points for referrals. These points can be used in exchange for software including the most useful GraphicConvertor (2 points) and, for 3 points; VoodooPad, Podcast Maker and popular RapidWeaver.

With this in mind you can help me by using this link to purchase the MacHeist bundle! Alternatively contact me and I’ll email an invite to you.

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The World Wide Web turns 15

Chris
Posted by Chris April 30, 2008
Categories: Dugg, Web

The first webserver

“That’s the day [30 April 1993] that Cern put the web in the public domain, thereby ensuring that the world would have a single system for accessing the Internet, instead of a Microsoft Web, a Macintosh Web and who knows, perhaps even an Amstrad Web.”

The World Wide Web Turns 15 [BBC]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, known as the World Wide Web’s creator, also gave an interview with the BBC today, the Web’s Birthday. He discusses his hopes for the future of the web, stressing that it was, “in its infancy.”

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Create Original Artwork for Manchester’s Urbis

Chris
Posted by Chris April 30, 2008
Categories: Art, Design

Just how big would you like to see one of your pieces of art or design? How about filling the side of the Urbis in Manchester (England)? Here is your chance.

City of Manchester

Manchester’s pioneering Urbis ‘exhibition centre of city life’ soars up from the Mancunian skyline, and can be seen far beyond the city to form a widely renowned cultural landmark. This wall is yours.

ENTRY: 18th May
EXHIBIT: 12th June-20th July
For more information visit Diesel Cult Wall (Manchester)

Original Photo by John Walker [altered by Chris].

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All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts

Chris
Posted by Chris April 29, 2008
Categories: Design, Dugg

Crayola 24 PackColour Lovers have a great page for fans of Crayola crayons. Includes the not only the names of all the colour names, but also the RGB and Hexadecimal references, useful for graphic and website designers alike.

“For the last 100 years or so kids have been exploring and creating worlds of color with Crayons. For a lot of us, our life long love affairs with color began with these wax sticks and a blank sheet of paper. Here we go down crayon color memory lane with all 120 color names and hex codes, fun facts and photos.”

All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts
Photo by George Hernandez

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Student Twitters Himself Out of Jail

Chris
Posted by Chris April 29, 2008
Categories: Dugg, Twitter

James BuckABC News reports that 29 year old American student, James Buck, used Twitter to raise awareness of his arrest in Egypt.

“As Buck and his translator tried to leave the protest in a taxi, Buck says they were chased and then detained by Egyptian police. As their cab driver drove the pair to the police station under direction by the police, Buck sent out a single-word message from his cell phone to his Twitter feed: Arrested.”

ABC News: Student Twitters Himself Out of Jail

It is extraordinary that a single word Tweet can be so incredibly worthwhile for its writer.

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