Archive from November, 2005

In-car iPod – let’s do one properly!

27 Nov 2005: Why is it everyone seems to think that to play our iPods in the car we want some stupid bit of plastic on a stalk, with wires going in to the back of the existing hi-fi, all at great installation expense? What we want is an in-car hi-fi which you can slam the iPod into, just like a cassette (or an oldschooltastic 8-track). Why does nobody make one? Yes, something like this: Or perhaps someone does make one. If so, let me know!

It started off as a match report…

23 Nov 2005: …but ended up as a rant. Sorry Joe, but it was one of those teamsheets which would have caused 20,000 people to have been gleefully emptying their wallets if Ladbrokes had been offering odds on “this is going to be a disaster”.

Best CDs of 2005 – a definitive list

21 Nov 2005: Yeah, OK, maybe not that definitive, I reserve the right to amend this when people remind me of something obvious which I’ve forgotten. But at the moment it’s definitely, definitely this: 1. Achtung Bono by Half Man Half Biscuit 2. Takk by Sigur Ros 3. Aerial by Kate Bush 4. The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly by Kate Rusby 5. Tales from Turnpike House by St.Etienne 6. You Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand 7. Confessions On A Dance Floor by Madonna 8. Eye to the Telescope by KT Tunstall 9. Warnings/Promises by Idlewild 10. Light and Shade by Mike Oldfield Honourable mention, although it’s just a bit too silly for inclusion, to Rock Swings by Paul Anka. [...]

Onsite Advertiser Sign-up: P45s for the Ad Sales team?

20 Nov 2005: I’ve read loads of reports about the new Google Onsite Advertiser Sign-up facility and seen one semi-decent discussion of it, but nobody quite seems to have got it yet. Advertisers can now choose a site and say to Google: “manage my ads on this site please – I’m not going to book direct any longer.” For the past couple of years, I’ve been saying that whilst AdWords has made Google one of the largest advertising mediums in the world, the most significant thing about AdSense is that it’s making Google the largest media buyer in the world. Several more pieces are needed along the way for this to fully happen, but with the introduction of image ads (giving the advertiser [...]

George Bush Speech cut up

14 Nov 2005: I was talking to someone the other day about the famous “Bushwacked” cut up George Bush speeches, and they asked for a link, so as a public service, here it is. I think they were produced by Chris Morris.

Explorer Destroyer – Switch to Firefox, Make money from Adsense

10 Nov 2005: You already want people to switch to Firefox. Now’s the time to get serious about it. Google is paying $1 for each new Firefox user you refer. This is pretty amazing. Now you can advance your ideals, save people from popups and spyware hell, and make some serious money. Millions of people have heard about Firefox and are ready to switch – all they need is a friendly push.

These ones got people talking

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Me Tweet quite a bit

This blog really has been going a long time, hasn’t it?

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