Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Happy Birthday Google your 7 years old today

So many people use Google but not so many know when Google’s Birthday is or that in fact it is actually today, here’s a little fact about Google Birthday! Google’s official birthday is September 7, 1998. If Google were a person, it would have started elementary school late last summer (around August 19), and today it would have just finished

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Apple iPod Nano

ake everything you love about iPod and shrink it. Now shrink it again. With 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB (1,000 songs) models starting at $199, the pencil-thin iPod nano packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of. Link to the site

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Browsercam test your website on other OS’s and Browsers

Today I was reading a Web Designer magazine called “.net” and in it I found a little column on one of the pages that told you about this site that lets you test your site on other Operating systems and Browsers directly from your pc I was intrigued to how this could be done so I quickly visited the site

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Air car bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) powered

I’ve only just found out about this, but thought there must me something like this going on already somewhere in the world because of the prices of petroleum increasing day by day a little bit more, take a read and visit the link it’s quite interesting! Welcome to the future! After twelve years of reserch and development, Guy Negre has

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The US Army is to build an aircraft the size of a football field

The US Army is to contemplate the build of an aircraft the size of a football field, is to become a reality or is this just another fantasy, the quote and link I give you below has quite a bit of information on it, I’ll tell you one thing though and that is that some of the artists photos of

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Wikipedia has met their goal of raising $200,000

The total raised for Wikipedia is now $224,350 Here’s a statment from the Wikimedia Foundation page telling you about their goal to reach US$200,000 for the third quarter 2005 budget: The third quarter 2005 fund drive is being held from Friday 19 August to Friday 9 September 2005 (2005.08.19 2005.09.09). The primary goal is to raise US$200,000 (Yahoo! Currency Converter)