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Here’s another Honeypot

Owen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:57:13 +0000

photo credit: Thomas Shahan

Looking for some interesting websites to visit? here are some cool sites to visit.

Isle of Man Twestival – Celebrating social media and raising money for charity. Come join us!
Tools 4 Noobs – Some great hacker tools and utilities
5 tips to improve your home cooking – For the aspiring chefs out there
How your brain tells time – Interesting insight into how the brain works
Convert your laptop into a digital projector – Here’s a great DIY project
Connection Strings – A site dedicated to being the ultimate resource when it comes to connection strings
All there is to know about chickens – Yes chickens
Open Source Restaurant – How’s that for a concept?

Enjoy the honey!

Show us the honey

Owen — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:02:32 +0000

photo credit: Paul Denton Cocker

It’s been ages since we had a HoneyPost, a collection of links to all sorts of things I find interesting. It’s mostly due to time constraints, but I have been collecting the occasional link to share. Here are some links you may enjoy:

How to succeed in the age of going solo – A great writeup on WSJ with some excellent advice to anyone wanting to go down the consulting route.
CopyPasteCharacter – Ever needed to insert a character in a post, on Twitter or in a document. Here’s a site that lets you put exotic characters in your clipboard so you may paste them wherever you wish
Free iPad – GFI are running a competition to give away a free iPad. All you have to do is tell them what you’re ready to do to win one.
Clients from Hell – Excellent set of quotes from your worst clients. I’m sure there are a few you can relate to.
6 secrets of Farmville’s success – Read about the psychology that made Farmville such a hit.

There’s more where that came from. In the meantime, get reading!

A Friday Honeypot

Owen — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:12:34 +0000

I’ve neglected this blog for a few days, which is unusual, due to a number of other projects and bits I’ve been involved in, but it’s time for a HoneyPot from all the links I’ve saved up for you. Here we go:

Let me Google that for you: Love this site. Excellent way to get a message across
How to hack your Kindle: Great tip if you want to read a variety of media on your Amazon Kindle
Four fatal flaws of strategic planning: For all the management types out there
Barcode Art: Try passing that through your barcode scanner
Debunking six social media myths: Don’t believe everything you read
Todocast.tv: If you’re looking for live video casting solutions
Where’s my free plastic bag: My rant on paying for plastic bags
Open letter to the would-be CEO blogger: Actually some good advice that most bloggers can learn from
The funny side of Twitter: Are we all ego maniacs waiting for the bubble to burst?
The sorry state of music startups: A sector that needs some serious soul searching

Enjoy the linkage

Did someone say HoneyPost?

Owen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:35:57 +0000

We haven’t had a HoneyPost here in some time, you know; one of those delicious posts full of links to keep you happily distracted for hours on end. Well, my bookmarks folder is bursting full with juicy goodness, so, without further ado, here’s some Honey for all of you:

TweetRoll on WidgetBox: Now you can install it on iGoogle, Bebo and a host of other platforms.
The three biggest kludges of copyright law: Interesting to see how immature some legislation still is
How to create a Word Cloud: In case you were wondering how to do it
140 Brilliant Free WordPress Themes: Looking for a new WordPress Theme? Here’s a good place to start.
DIY Network: Everytihng from pvc fence installation to installing a bathroom
RyanAir nastiness: Report a problem with their website and get insulted for pointing it out. Pure class.
X11 on an Android: For all the operating system geeks out there
Reading the Sunday papers: Old media getting the online world more and more
Federated Search: Now that’s an interesting idea, but will it catch on?
Dell offers discounts to Twitter users: Nice to see big business embracing new technology
9 ways to become Energy Independent: A topic that affects each and every one of us

Was that good for you?

A mixed Honeypot

Owen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:31:39 +0000

Following the success of the last Honeypost, I may have more themed honeyposts in the future, but for now, here’s a mixed bag of what I’ve found interesting recently:

A different way to think about creative genius: Excellent talk by Elizabeth Gilbert at TED.
Eggs Benedict: I love these, but never cooked them at home. Here’s a recipe to try.
Monopoly Money: Do you keep losing your Monopoly money? Now you can print your own.
Top 100 Word template: How to make your Word documents look just awesome.
Seth Godin explain why you need a tribe: Great video to watch.
10 Top techniques all top websites should use: A bit basic, but it’s always good to read the fundamentals.
Satellite Network Access: Interesting page showing internet satellite coverage around the world.
Strivers turned bloggers: Charlotte and Charlie join the blogosphere.
Using jQuery with ASP.Net: One for the .Net developers out there.
Twitter at work: Is it a boon or a distraction?
How do I create a Word Cloud? Ever wanted to create your very own Word Cloud? Here’s how.

There’s some interesting links in there, guaranteed to keep you busy for a couple of hours. Actually you might want to change your regular entertainment, pop your computer on a tv stand, relax on the coach and browse websites for the rest of the evening

Some Twitter honey

Owen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:05:08 +0000

We haven’t had a honeypost in some time and my bookmarks are just overflowing with interesting snippets for all of you to enjoy. I have so much to choose from that I decided to focus today on

How Twitter was born: Some interesting insight into the birth of Twitter.
How to use Twitter for Business: An excellent introduction to Twitter which walks through how it can be applicable to marketing, PR and customer service.
8 patterns in social media ecosystems: Not directly about Twitter but relevant to anyone interested in learning more about social media.
Pancheros integrates Twitter into stores: A real life example of how a US retailer is embracing new technology. Expect the trend to grow. It’s only a matter of time before you can buy New York Yankees tickets on Twitter too
Add a TweetRoll to your blog: How to add a WordPress widget that shows off your friends and followers.
Top cigar aficionados on Twitter: Yes, you can find anything your heart desires on Twitter.
TweetWheel: A great way to visualise your friends and who’s connected to whom.
Twhirl: My favourite Twitter client. Much recommended. Especially as the new version includes a spell checker to stop those embarrassing typos.
Twittervision: An awesome way to while away your free time. Watch as Tweets pop up all over the world. Great visualisation mashup.

So great links there, especially if you’re into Twitter. If you’re not, well maybe now is the time to sign up and give it a try. If you’re in there, don’t forget to follow me.

A Weekend HoneyPost

Owen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:51:18 +0000

End of the week and time to offload some honey I’ve been collecting. Hope this keeps you distracted all weekend:

Photofunia: This will keep you busy all weekend! Grab a photo, be it of yourself, a friend or even your cat and find out what you can do with it!
Rules of Engagement for Blogging: Published by the US Air Force but with some great ideas that would apply to most organisations/individuals.
Top Isle of Man Tweeters: Great list on Tweetburn.
Making your fonts look great on Firefox: So *someone* doesn’t keep asking me how to do this ..
Flash Golf: Now you can play golf without getting your Adam golf irons dirty.
100 free beautiful WordPress themes: Kudos to @mayhemstudios for the link.
From the Manx blogosphere: My combined Manx Blog RSS feed is working again! Now all I need to do is find out why the Yahoo pipe stopped working.
Isle of Man Third Thursday: Should be taking a new format next month!
How to survive the credit crunch: Some financial measures your company may need to take to make sure you stay afloat!
Cash is King: This link may not necessarily be what you think it’s about …
You know you’re addicted to the Internet when …: You ALL need to read this list.
Windows Azure SDK: January CTP now available for all to play
45+ new jQuery Techniques for Good UE: Check out some of the cool stuff you can do with jQuery.

There’s some fun stuff in there which should keep you busy for the whole weekend Enjoy!

What do you think of the Honeypot?

Owen — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:08:48 +0000

Well, it’s been interesting to see how the blog has been evolving over the last few months. The big changes started happening when I got some comments from a couple of people that my blog was suffering from tehamtic inconsistency issues. This was compounded when I asked Google what it would categorise my site as, and the result came back as “Misc”

From that point forth, I decided to start up a number of different blogs each focused on a particular niche. It means that each blog only gets a few posts a week, but that’s probably a good thing, as content stays on the front page for longer (lower churn). Here are some of my blogs in case you’re looking for something to read:

MBA Geek: I try to keep my pure business posts here. Based on my current employment in the Isle of Man I’m doing more “enabling” work than actual technology, so there’s been some interesting things to post about.
A bit of this and a bit of that: My personal blog, which contains a real variety of stuff, mostly personal and my family, my diet, holidays and lots more
The Joke Shop: Pretty much all my jokes go here. It’s pretty busy I must say
WordPress Guru: My WordPress exploits go mostly here, though I do put some more mainstream ones on this one. Might turn this into a WordPress consultancy one day .. who knows!
AskOwen: If someone asks me a technical question, say about automated OS recovery, then I use it for a way to store the question and it’s answer.

I have another couple of blogs but those are the main ones. But the net effect is that taking those topics out has allowed this blog to mature into something that’s a bit more me. Ok, it’s still very varied and rich, but hopefully it’s a bit more consistent. What do you think? Do you enjoy reading it?

Bring on the honey ..

Owen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:56:04 +0000

I’ve been collecting interesting links since my last Honeypost and I’m running out of space on my bookmark list .. so .. time to dump some more honey:

World of Goo – If you like physicsish puzzle games
23 ways to increase your site traffic – Some great advice from TechBurgh
Children and Retirement – I loved this joke
The iPhone Ocarina – Crazy bunch blowing at their iPhones to make music
My name is e – Excellent social networking gadget
Fire your PR agency? – Strive’s take on whether companies REALLY need PR
Instant Free Calendars – If you need an availability calendar for your website
piZap – Having fun with your photos online

Hope you enjoyed this installment. Was that enough to distract you?

Show me the honey

Owen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:26:29 +0000

We haven’t had a honeypot in some time, so here’s a chance to catch up on some great links to keep you nice and distracted:

How to network: Excellent advice on how to get out there, make friends and build business contacts
Twittex: Here’s how to resume your Twitter-SMS service in the UK
AVS Video Converter: Free tool that lets you rotate and flip video
A tale of love: Great gadgety video
Save My Boys: Help Jenn and Carolyn get their boys back
E: Is this the future of social networking?
SuperPress: Get your mitts on the theme I’m using for this site
Tater Titan: Some people just have too much time on their hands

Enjoy!