Archive for the 'general' Category
There’s no excuse not to learn
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 6th May, 2008
I posted a couple of days ago about how the Web can be a great equaliser when it comes to opportunities. Well, today I was also thinking how the whole of society has become more homogenous in this respect, and what sparked the whole thing was the MBA I’m doing as a distance learning course.
There [...]
Isle of Man eBusiness News
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 2nd May, 2008
Just came across a video created by the Isle of Man eBusiness Division which showcases some of the business benefits of operating from the Isle of Man. It’s a longish video (around 15 minutes), but quite interesting both for people who operate from the Isle of Man and also for interested parties considering the move.
Isle [...]
Make money when you search the Web
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 26th Apr, 2008
Here’s an interesting new money making scheme I came across. It’s a website called My Search Funds which, in a nutshell, lets you earn a residual income every time you search the Web. Does it sound too good to be true? Well, according to My Search Funds, it’s completely above board and totally transparent. So, [...]
Maximising personal productivity
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 11th Apr, 2008
Finally it’s Friday and I get some time to play with my own projects. I’m sitting at work at the moment and wondering how come I manage to achieve much more while sitting at my desk, then I do at home. I suspect it’s due to the fact that I’m in an environment more conducive [...]
Flying and Freakonomics
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 13th Mar, 2008
I was flying back to the Isle of Man today and passing through the “Duty Free” section at the airport. I managed to tear my way from the IWC watches and other gadgets (lots of fun stuff at Dixons) and ended up in Books etc looking for something to read on the flight. I finally [...]
Cutest Kid @ FuelMyBlog
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 27th Feb, 2008
Kevin down at FuelMyBlog is running a competition together with TheCuteKid, a website that holds a monthly competition to find the cutest kid culminating in “The Cutest Kid of the Year 2008″ with a $25,000 college tuition fund. Anyway, while reading about the competition I saw a cool slideshow he created with slide.com; and as [...]
Insurance Claim In
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 21st Feb, 2008
Wow! I finally managed to get an insurance claim in which I’ve been meaning to do for months and months. To be exact it’s for a luggage that got lost by British Airways for us in January 2007. That’s 13 months ago; but I finally managed to get all the paperwork in order and send [...]
Looking for a watch
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 18th Feb, 2008
It’s been a couple of months since I got my MP4 watch. It works nicely and has some great features, but it just doesn’t cut it as a watch. I may burn in hell for this, but I think I’m pining for a real watch, one that doesn’t have 2Gb of memory, one that doesn’t [...]
My Dad’s Blog
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 7th Feb, 2008
I’ve finally put up a blog for my father, Tony C. Cutajar. He’s been wanting one for some time now, particularly as he’s seen what other authors have been doing. He’s been influenced by some of the more Flashy ones, but I’ve pushed him down the route of something more accessible, powered by WordPress so [...]
All set for Valentine’s Day?
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 25th Jan, 2008
Hmm, I just realised that Valentine’s Day is only a couple of weeks away and I had no idea it was so close. Time seems to have a funny habit of flying away when you’re busy, then special days just sneak up on you like that. The one thing I remember about Valentine’s Day though [...]
Redbridge Council: Open Source or not?
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 22nd Jan, 2008
An interesting news article landed on my desk this morning, talking about Redbridge Council’s ground breaking new website. There’s a video you can watch all about the benefits the council and it’s citizens are enjoying, but the bit that caught my eye was the statement:
The council is keen to make “Redbridge i” features available to [...]
Windows Live Writer
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 24th Sep, 2007
I’ve just downloaded Windows Live Writer (which is now on version 12). I had tried it out in the past and stopped using it (though I don’t remember why). I might just try and use it again and see how I get on. I particularly like the way you can save draft posts and post [...]
Blogging hits the screens
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 13th Sep, 2007
It’s interesting to see that there is now a TV series where blogging is one of the main elements. Gossip Girl on The CW is a series premiering in a few days created by Josh Schwartz, (same bloke who created The O.C.). The format is narrated by a seemingly omniscient character, “Gossip Girl” (narrated by [...]
Help Rob help kids in Palestine
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 30th Aug, 2007
Rob Grigg, a friend and ex-colleague from Conchango is going to by cycling from London to Paris for a charitable cause and has launched an appeal to raise some funds. Here are the details:
I will be cycling 190 miles from London to Paris on September 14th - 16th with 14 colleagues from work in support [...]
Lies, Darned Lies and Web Stats
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 14th Aug, 2007
Interesting post on TechCrunch today about how Alexa thinks that YouTube is more popular than Google. According to Alexa, who use their toolbar to measure popularity of various websites around the web, YouTube has more page hits than Google does. However, everyone know that this just isn’t the case. It’s just that the numbers can [...]
