Archive for May, 2009

$25,000 to save the planet?

I had an interesting through today whilst having a shower after coming back from the beach. Well, I was thinking about the energy the shower uses to turn water in to hot water for you to have your shower (we have one of these electric showers that heats the water...

A list of top Magento plugins

Image via CrunchBase I’ve been playing with Magento recently putting together a new shopping site for The Ballet Shop and have been pretty impressed with the level of functionality and the stability it offers. Anyway, I’ve got the the point of starting to look at what plugins are available and...

A touch of humour

photo credit: ehpien We haven’t had a joke here for some time, so here’s one that some techies may be familiar with: Tech: Computer Services Orange County this is so-and-so speaking. May I have your username please? Female Customer: Yes I want to speak to the person in charge immediately!...

Manic Thursday in the Isle of Man

I’ve got a “fun day” packed with events tomorrow, which may be of interest to some of my readers; well, if you’re based in the the Isle of Man anyway. Social Media Club (Third Thursday) - There’s a whopper of an event focusing on eDemocracy by Simon Collister, a Manx-born...

Giving a new meaning to search

Image via CrunchBase It was interesting to read about a new type of search engine which will be hitting the Net towards the end of this month. It’s called Wolfram Alpha and promises to change the way we gather information online. Currently, if you search the Web for “where can...

A touch of perfection

Have you ever come across an architectural design that ‘s made of metal? You tend to find some interesting designs and I always wondered how something as unique as that was produced. It’s not like you can walk into a shop and pick up something you need for this sort...

DevG – The first meeting

photo credit: justonlysteve I was lucky enough to be able to attend the first ever meeting of DevG, a DEVeloper Group here in the Isle of Man that looks to bring together developers from different backgrounds in a community event where people can share experiences, learnings and even pitfalls with...

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