Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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ExtremeMaps.net is now back in my possession!

Well it took me a while, longer than it should have, but I’ve finally got back in my possession my Extreme Maps domain name (extrememaps.net) after Michael Walmsley from Leigh of Lancashire in England who started up a web hosting company called webmanage and then oversubscribed his reseller account to too many people causing him to be shut down by

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Windows Live Developer Center

Just heard about a Windows Live Developer Center through the MSND Biweekly Newsletter: Welcome to the Windows Live Developer Center Your online world gets better when everything works simply and effortlessly together. That’s the basic idea behind Windows Live. So the things you care about your friends, the latest information, your e-mails, powerful search, your PC files, everything come together in one

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In what language do deaf people think?

I’ve always thought about this my self so when I saw this story on Digg this morning I just had to read it: Dear Cecil: In what language do deaf people think? I think in English, because that’s what I speak. But since deaf people cannot hear, they can’t learn how to speak a language. Nevertheless, they must think in

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Real Life Simpsons Intro

Just watched this real life Simpsons intro video and I must say it’s pretty well done!  MAKERS of the hit cartoon The Simpsons have filmed the show’s opening titles using real actors. In the hit viral going around the world we get to see what Bart, Homer, Marg, Lisa and Maggie would look like if they were humans. The clip

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The Cube / Cube 2 / Cube Zero film

Roughly 8 years ago I watched a film called the cube and loved it so much that I wanted to see it again but there were some slight problems: My parents probably wouldn’t want me to watch it again considering I must have been 13 back then, and though the age rating on it is 15 it’s pretty gory! I only got to

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Microsoft Confirms it Originated iPod Box Parody Video

Now we know why the video looked so real! Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla on Tuesday confirmed with iPod Observer that his company initiated the creation of the iPod packaging parody video that was first reported last month. “It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging [team] to humorously highlight the challenges we have faced RE: packaging and to educate

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Windows Live @ edu Program

I’ve already blogged about the Windows Live Custom Domains system before but I never knew until recently that Microsoft also has a Windows Live Education Program for colleges and universities that they can signup for to use the Windows Live Custom Domain System, here’s a bit about it: Connect your campus like never before! Connect your college or university campus with free hosted