Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Iraqi PM hails Saddam’s sentence to Death

The Iraqi prime minister has hailed the sentencing of Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for crimes against humanity as “a verdict on a whole dark era”. Nouri Maliki said he was a criminal who deserved the punishment he was given. The former Iraqi leader was convicted over the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail

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Troubles accessing Blogger.com!

Anybody else having troubles accessing anything on Blogger.com? I’m just getting a 503 Errors: HTTP Status 503 – Servlet NewFrontend is currently unavailable ——————————————————————————– type Status report message Servlet NewFrontend is currently unavailable description The requested service (Servlet NewFrontend is currently unavailable) is not currently available. ——————————————————————————– Apache Tomcat/4.1.24 All I can say is that right now I’m so glad I dont

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17 October 2006 – One Day in History

Make your life history and join the nation…including a host of celebrities…in the biggest blog ever! The heritage organisations behind the History Matters – pass it on campaign*, including the National Trust and English Heritage, are urging everyone in the UK to take part in a mass blog recording how we lived on one single day – Tuesday, 17th October

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Amazons Askville Beta US/Canada Only!

Well I just got invited by techstartups to Amazons Askville Beta to see the comparison of it between Windows Live QnA, Yahoo Answers and other Question and Answers sites and well I’m quite disappointed to see that in order to try out the service I need to enter my Mobile Phone number to receive a text with a conformation code!

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Motorists must switch on lights during day, EU says

MOTORISTS may be forced to switch on their headlights when driving in daylight under European proposals aimed at improving road safety.The European Commission wants all EU states to set a common date for making daytime running lights mandatory. It is also proposing that all new cars be fitted with lights that turn on automatically whenever the engine is started. It

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Social Networking with XTParty!

Ever heard of XTParty? well if not then don’t worry you’re not alone because neither had I until I received an invited request to check it out, at first I thought it was just another social networking site like PPLParty and blahblahbox, and I guess that it is somewhat that! But like all sites and products I test I thought I would

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CondomText.com GrabAcondom.com is now Live!

Just got word that CondomText.com / GrabAcondom.com is now Live! You are getting this mail because you fancied being told when our new condom ordering service using your mobile phone when live. Today is that day! A few days earlier than hoped! You may have arrived at the site via the name CondomText.com, this name has now changed to grabacondom.com and

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Kent shortlisted for Times Higher Institution of the Year 2006

The University of Kent which is the university I go to at the Medway Campus is one of five universities shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) ‘Institution of the Year’ 2006.The others are the universities of Leicester, Nottingham, Aberdeen and Leeds Metropolitan. The THES awards, now in their second year, are open to all higher education institutions in the