Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Clockr – It’s Flickr Time

Clockr is the second of three Flickr creations created by Mario Klingemann using flash 8 and the Flickr API. Clockr uses random digit images from Flickr to display the current time. Click on a number to change the image, doubleclick it to view the full image. Use the mouse wheel to cycle through. In case you see a message box from Flash: The Flickr

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Flickeur – Every Picture Tells a Story

Flickeur is the first of three Flickr creations created by Mario Klingemann. Flickeur (pronounced like Voyeur) randomly retrieves images from Flickr.com and creates an infinite film with a style that can vary between stream-of-consciousness, documentary or video clip. All the blends, motions, zooms or timeleaps are completely random. Flickeur works like a looped magnetic tape where incoming images will merge with

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Seth Godin Speaks at Google

Just found a Blog post titled “Google’s Secrets Exposed” posted by Rick Segal on his Blog, and I must say thank you Rick for telling me about that Google Video with Seth Godin in it speaking to Google about its success. Here’s a very good use of 48 minutes. Seth Godin spoke to Google and, in 48 minutes, pretty much

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Website Validation and Monitoring with SEVENtwentyfour

Last month I was contacted by Roy at SEVENtwentyfour Inc to be told about a broken link on my Blog’s main page: http://www.darrenstraight.com/blog/index.php The problem was that somebody had used their email as their website address in the shoutbox, so the software that SEVENtwentyfour use had picked this up! They asked me if I would send feedback and if I

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PersonalDNA – Your True Self Revealed

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How to get ready to climb Mount Everest

Climbing Mount Everest for me would be like a dream come true, it surely must be a great experience to climb it and see the world from above, just think of them fantastic views on the way up! But theres a problem, I’ve never really done any professional rock climbing before so I would have to learn rock climbing before I

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How to Manage the IT Helpdesk by Noel Bruton

As part of my College Course Degree in IT, I’ve bought a copy of the book: How to Manage the IT Helpdesk – A Guide for User Support and Call Centre Managers (Computer Weekly Professional) by Noel Bruton. I’ve started to read a bit of it and it seems to be quite informative, as it seems to address most of

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Are you Living in a Computer Simulation?

The Simulation Argument with the phrase “Are you Living in a Computer Simulation?” is one area of study which has nearly always interested me, because I believe there is always a significant probability that we as are living in a computer simulation. If the simulation hypothesis is true, you exist in a virtual reality simulated in a computer built by an advanced civilization.

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Macworld Boston 1997 – The Microsoft Deal with Apple

This was when Apple Computer was nearly bankrupt, and was about to crumble into ruins. Then Apple announced a partnership with Microsoft. You can hear the loud booing sounds coming from crowd throughout the keynote. Bill Gates is in the keynote via satellite. This was probably the toughest pill for Steve Jobs to swallow in his life. Via: Digg |