Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

How they named companies

Now here’s a pretty cool site which names a load of companies and how they got their names, here’s a few of them: Adobe- came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the houses of founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke . Apache- The name was chosen from respect for the Native American Indian tribe of Apache (Indé),

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Google releases new Page Creator

Well it looks like the rumours about Google creating a website creator were true as Google this morning released an Ajax page creator called Google Page Creator, just one problem though and that is that Google has had to disable registration and access to it until they can increase capacity to it has they received an overwhelming amount of traffic

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62-year-old woman gives birth

A Mother of 62 years of age who was born blind from birth has recently given birth, now don’t you find this quite chilling and a little bit wrong considering the circumstances?, Yeah I’m sure she’s given birth with all her heart after all you wouldn’t give birth to a child if you didn’t think you could handle it. But

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UrlyArt – Photo Mosaic Images of Website Screenshots

UrlyArt is another one of them sites like the Million Dollar Homepage that I think you are going to start to love very soon, it started up today, and I’ve just bought a space on it so let’s see how much traffic it brings! But for now as your probably wondering what the heck I’m on about, read the infomation

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Guerilla Light Graffiti – LED Throwies

About LED Throwies: Developed by the Graffiti Research Lab a division of the Eyebeam R&D OpenLab, LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends

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Punk IT Comics

What Is Punk IT? Punk IT follows the adventures of Max Blade, an aging punk rocker who found employment as an IT worker. After a series of layoffs, Max finds himself the only IT worker his company has. Fed up with the company and safe from layoffs (he’s the only one left), Max discovers the ins and outs of corporate

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US attacks UN Guantanamo report

You’ve probably already heard about this by now but I thought I would post about it because it’s something that caught my attention last night when I heard about it on the Radio on the way home. The White House has savaged a UN report demanding the immediate closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp calling it “a discredit to

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Happy Saint Valentine’s Day 2006

I’m going to bed soon but before I do I just wanted to post a Blog entry about Saint Valentine’s Day and what it’s all about. St. Valentine’s Day falls on February 14, and is the traditional day on which lovers in certain cultures let each other know about their love, commonly by sending Valentine’s cards, which are often anonymous.