Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Are you coming to the Christmas BritBlog Blogmeet 2006?

By popular demand there will be a Christmas BritBlog blogmeet in London! It will be held on Saturday the 9th of December 2006 from about 2:30 PM, probably in a pub near Covent Garden. Possibly the same pub as the last London blogmeet I went to. So hey if you are interested check out BritBlog for more information.

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Anyone Interested in doing a UK Christmas Party 2006?

Anyone Interested in a UK Christmas Party 2006? 🙂 There’s no date set yet and we would need a venue, possible somewhere in London, but hey it’s just an idea! 🙂 Update (19/11/06): Checking out some sites to see what we could do: http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/index-xmas06.asp http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/details-xmas06-106.html http://www.eventwise.co.uk/asp/PartyType_002.asp http://www.venuereservations.co.uk/christmas-events.htm Any ideas peeps?

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Help Farecast Test Fare Guard

Farecast is testing a new, innovative product that backs up their predictions. They’re testing “everything” from how the product works to branding. After you check it out, why not go ahead and provide feedback via their survey. To get started, simply register with Farecast.com and run a flight search. To make it easier to find a Fare Guard They’ve created this sample trip:

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Microsoft Student Search Supremo – the acid-sharp quiz!

There’s nothing better than proving your total superiority over all other living creatures. Sadly, you can’t quite prove it with Student Supremo – the acid-sharp online quiz. But you can win prizes. Lots of them. So can your university. I’ve played Student Supremo and I like it. Question is, can you beat my high score? 🙂 Find out now! http://www.microsoft.co.uk/studentsupremo

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The University of Kent at Medway Graduation Ceremony 2006

Just got back from my Foundation Degree in Information Technology Graduation Ceremony with The University of Kent at Medway (MidKent) and well what can I say. I was a little bit nervous of how it would go at first. But it turned out to be great! 😀 Now all I have to do is wait for next year for when

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Zune Software Download Available Now!

Hey Everyone, The Zune Software is currently up on Zune.net. You can find the software here. System Requirements Windows XP Home or Pro with SP2, Windows XP Tablet PC SP2, or Windows XP Media Center 2005 with Rollup Update 2 and Oct. 2006 Rollup Update. 1.5 GHz processor or better Broadband Internet connection Video Requirements: 64MB of RAM Via: Live-tr

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ReviewMe – Get Buzz. Earn Cash.

Just signed up for ReviewMe a new site for which Advertisers can get their Web site’s products or services reviewed by related Web sites/Blogs thus benefiting from valuable exposure, feedback, and viral buzz. But of course it’s not just the Advertisers that benefit from the Reviews because Bloggers will get paid to review the services and Web sites that are of interest to them

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Get a Windows Live @Live.com or localized Windows Live account

Following the availabilty of @live.nl email addresses, it looks like Mess.be have found a workaround to get a Windows Live Mail @live.com account. 1. Go to this page to start registering your windows live account 2. Click the signup button 3. Copy the following java-script (delete the hyphen at character 5 in the copied text) 4. Paste the code in your address bar

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Photosynth Tech Preview is Live

It’s been just a few short months since the Microsoft Live Labs Team announced Photosynth at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston and boy have they been busy! Today they are very happy to announce the first public release of their Photosynth Technology Preview. And hey as the Team thought you might have some questions about this release they’ve provided you with some Questions and Answers