Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Paint.NET v2.5 beta now available

Paint.NET v2.5 beta is now available to download, so why not give it a try! October 4th, 2005: Paint.NET v2.5 Beta 2 is now available that fixes a critical bug in Beta 1. If you already have a previous build of v2.5 instealled then we prefer that you install this update via the built-in update mechanism within Paint.NET. Simply click

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Google Office?

The rumours have now started to go around that Google and Sun are going to make an announcement today about a certain Google Office, is this really going to be true, is it really going to be web based, check he links below for more information! Article at InternetNews Possible Google Office Site

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Gordon Bell – Tour of the Computer History Museum, Part I

Here’s a great video you might want to check out: Gordon Bell. The name is legendary among geeks. Just read his Wikipedia page to see his accomplishments. About 30 years ago he started collecting computers while working at DEC. That little hobby turned into a sizeable Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. We were honored to be able to get

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The Channel 9 Team Is Hiring

The Channel 9 Team is now looking for Web developers who love the web and are experienced with ASP.NET, SQL, and CSS, if you think you have the experience and would like a career at Channel 9 then why not send them an email, more information bellow: Ok, I am biased but I think I’ve got the best team inside

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Google PageRank Predictor

This tool does what it says; it predicts your future Google PageRank. But does this really tell the future or is it just random, well I’ve blogged about another tool this site has already the other day, so I trust it, but then again it does say “The results will provide a prediction of the future PageRank however this should

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My Internet Plot (MyInternetPlot.com)

My Internet Plot (http://www.MyInternetPlot.com) is apparently the World’s First Virtual Real Estate Trader, the website is created by Duncan and in a way it’s very similar to the original pixel website The Million Dollar Homepage because it sells pixels but instead of just selling them all over the page you actually buy plots of land on a map, I think

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Asteroid to hit Earth on Sunday, 13 April 2036?

Check this out will an asteroid hit Earth on Sunday, 13 April 2036? In a very sad way it would be cool to actually see it, but thing of the destruction it could cause, panic and mayhem throughout the earth luckily for us there’s a 99.98200000% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth! But that still leaves a 0.018000000% chance

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Scientists Discover 10th Planet’s Moon

Well it looks like the recently discovered tenth planet in our solar system also has a moon, though this is another great discovery because it can help scientists determine the new planet’s mass, it’s not likely to help the debate if this should be our 10th planet or not because there’s no official definition on what exactly makes a planet.