Since the last time I checked out Cuil, its results have improved. Still not enough to move people away from their favourite search engines though.
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New Yahoo.com
September 19, 2008 – 8:44 am
Yahoo!’s testing a new homepage. Looks good. What’s interesting is that they say you’ll be able to check multiple mail accounts including “Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail and Gmail, with more to come”.
Green Ideas
September 19, 2008 – 8:19 am
As a closet greenie, I’m going to try to allocate time for this project.
The X Prize Foundation, the same organization behind the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize to send private vehicles to the moon, said Tuesday that it has put together an eco challenge for YouTubers called “What’s your crazy green idea?” Dream up [...]
StopForwarding.Us
September 14, 2008 – 10:57 am
Tell your friends to stop sending you spam:
Web site StopForwarding.Us sends a polite, anonymous email to a contact asking them to stop spamming your inbox with forwards.
via Lifehacker
Social calling cards
September 12, 2008 – 10:18 am
The other day when I met Erna at the M2U 2.0 preview, she gave me one of her MOO cards.
Then today Lifehacker had a post about Social Calling Cards. These are cards that you give to exchange contact details for social purposes, and not business.
Great idea! I feel like getting some for myself, but having [...]
Alison Carroll is the new Lara Croft
August 18, 2008 – 8:21 am
Former gymnast Alison Carroll, 23 is announced as the new Face of Lara Croft at Pineapple Studios on August 11, 2008 in London, England. The new Tomb Raider game,’Underworld’ comes out on November 21, 2008.
Update: more pics
Gallery on AOL
Gallery on Ripten
Olympic video screen FAIL
August 14, 2008 – 10:31 am
Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird’s Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting
Which geek am I?
August 12, 2008 – 10:19 am
Suffian pointed me to the 56 Geeks project on Flickr. The closest I come to is the Apple Geek, although I would consider myself a bigger Internet Geek
P1050396
August 1, 2008 – 10:02 pm
P1050396, originally uploaded by blogjunkie
Cathay Pacific’s new 777-300s rock. They even have power plug points in their Economy class.
Cuil
July 30, 2008 – 10:47 pm
New search engine Cuil is going head to head with the big G. Unfortunately the results aren’t too great at the moment. Above is a screenshot of some of the results for the search term ‘blogjunkie’. I’m sticking to Google for the time being..
Wordpress for iPhone
July 23, 2008 – 2:30 pm
Testing out the new WordPress for iPhone app. Pretty cool but typing links is a bitch.
Green Pope BXVI
July 18, 2008 – 12:02 pm
Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday that mankind’s “insatiable consumption” has scarred the Earth and squandered its resources, telling followers that taking care of the planet is vital to humanity.
Amen
Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our Earth: erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world’s mineral and [...]
blogjunkie <3 flickr
July 10, 2008 – 11:19 am
blogjunkie <3 flickr, originally uploaded by blogjunkie
i heart <3 my flickr account
Searchable Flash
July 2, 2008 – 6:26 pm
Adobe is making Flash searchable.. but only to Google and Yahoo. Link
Download Day
June 13, 2008 – 1:11 pm
I’m downloading Firefox 3 and helping set a Guinness World Record this 17 June - Download Day.
RM66.30 for a full tank
June 5, 2008 – 10:28 am
RM66.30 for a full tank, originally uploaded by blogjunkie
Sigh… petrol prices went up again. Suddenly I’m really glad I drive a Savvy, otherwise a full tank of petrol would cost much more.
Social Media in Plain English
June 5, 2008 – 9:11 am
Social Media in Plain English. Another great video by Lee LeFever
The blogjunkie a.k.a. David Wang loves to muck around on the internet and play with his gadgets.