June 28, 2008
Random | Pr3M0n1T10n! H0W l33T 1S TH47 ?
In a strange twist of fate that I am still trying to get my head around, I managed to predict the future. Well sort of. If you remember my last post a few weeks ago I said... Continue reading "Pr3M0n1T10n! H0W l33T 1S TH47 ?"Posted by Miles Evans at 3:13 PM
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June 2, 2008
Random | Coming up for Air
Geat Scott! I've been so busy the last year or more I haven't even had time to make a post here till now. You'll get over it. So what have I been up too? Continue reading "Coming up for Air"Posted by Miles Evans at 11:39 PM
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May 8, 2007
Random | Feedburner Hack: View Anyone's Subscriber Count
Well not anyone's, but anyone who is using Feedburner to track and manage their feed. I'm not sure how well known this exploit is but I just came across it and will post it here for posterity. It's simple really.
Continue reading "Feedburner Hack: View Anyone's Subscriber Count"Posted by Miles Evans at 2:57 AM
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April 30, 2007
Random | AutoDigg Exploit Confirmed!
I saw something quite amazing today, and had to make sure I wasn't seeing things before I posted this. This story might go away also so I figured I would get it up before digg pulls the rug out. I am sure this will be news at some point soon so I will reveal this now. Continue reading "AutoDigg Exploit Confirmed!"Posted by Miles Evans at 2:59 PM
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February 25, 2007
Random | Oh Canadian Fedex Lady!
This YT video is simply too funny not to post. It also has the side benefit of ripping on Apple!
Continue reading "Oh Canadian Fedex Lady!"Posted by Miles Evans at 12:44 PM
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January 31, 2007
Random | Crazed Fanboy Plunders Newegg
When I was younger I used to work in a PC shop building and fixing computers for customers. It was a crappy job with low pay but the work was really rewarding. The manufacturers used to send OEMs reference boards and beta hardware, and the thrill of using something before anyone else is a damn good one.
Continue reading "Crazed Fanboy Plunders Newegg"Posted by Miles Evans at 11:04 PM
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January 14, 2007
Random | Why the iPhone Sucks
So I saw the keynote, the videos, the renderings, the fanboy rants, the Engadget traffic slurp, the digg gush, the Dvorak whining, and all the assorted iPhone blather. I mean it was unavoidable. Easily the most successful and least expensive viral marketing bulldozer since panty hose. Amazing! That’s where my fascination with this self proclaimed breakthrough product ends and just plain common sense takes over.
Continue reading "Why the iPhone Sucks"Posted by Miles Evans at 11:12 PM
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January 6, 2007
Random | Tagged
I just noticed Marc Macalua back on Dec 30th (found in my referrer logs!) and since I don’t have anything useful to write about lately why not blather on about myself for a few minutes…
Continue reading "Tagged"Posted by Miles Evans at 3:14 AM
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December 22, 2006
Random | Christmas in Phuket
Wow two freaking months and no blog posts. Am I lazy or what? The truth is I have been embroiled in some exciting web 2.0 projectz and have just come up for air. Most of my team is taking a break over the holidays and I am following suit with 7 days in sunny Phuket in the south of Thailand. This is also the site of the 2004 tsunami where I was 2 years ago at this exact same time.
Continue reading "Christmas in Phuket"Posted by Miles Evans at 8:15 PM
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August 25, 2006
Random | Summer Reading
Six weeks of nearly non stop travel have not allowed much blog posting as of late. To be honest I have also been doing some vacationing and trying to enjoy life offline a bit more. For me that includes a lot of reading. Here are a few of my favorites.
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July 12, 2006
Random | The 411 on Word Cloud Sites
Cmon how many of us went through the whole million dollar homepage kafuffle with a sour taste in our mouth? You remember Alex Tew's dollar-per-pixel advertising page that raked in over a million dollars in just a few months. To raise money for university, pfffft. Enter word cloud sites.
Continue reading "The 411 on Word Cloud Sites"Posted by Miles Evans at 11:35 AM
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July 4, 2006
Random | Digg Algorithm Musings
On ProfitPapers digg replaced Google as my top traffic referrer by a huge margin a couple of months ago. I see more and more publishers reporting the same thing. There has been endless discussion over what ranking factors Google uses to prioritize our content, but what about Digg?
Continue reading "Digg Algorithm Musings"Posted by Miles Evans at 3:30 PM
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June 30, 2006
Random | What is Eon8?
A few days ago there was some buzz in IRC about an impending terrorist attack signaling the end of the world which was to take place on June 30th, 2006 dubbed Project X13600. Scared yet? Well you should be because that is only 16 hours away!
Continue reading "What is Eon8?"Posted by Miles Evans at 2:08 AM
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May 15, 2006
Random | Search 2.0?
The jury is certainly out on where search will be a year from but with the boom of personalized content it seems to be a given there will be some core changes on the horizon. With the speed at which the digg phenomenon has evolved, maybe even some key players.
Continue reading "Search 2.0?"Posted by Miles Evans at 12:40 PM
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April 25, 2006
Random | Bangkok Booth Babes Video from Thailand PC Expo
Last month I found myself needing a new laptop at the same time as the annual Commart PC Expo was held here in Bangkok. After snagging a new notebook we decided to run around with the Handycam and see what we could come up with. In the video you can see me chatting up many Thai booth babes, some scenes from a spicy lunch, and a bizarre mime show from AMD. Enjoy.
Continue reading "Bangkok Booth Babes Video from Thailand PC Expo"Posted by Miles Evans at 2:41 PM
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April 11, 2006
Random | Vacation Time - Koh Samui
It’s time for my quarterly trip to the beach and this time me and the Nutter opted for Koh Phangan for the legendary Full Moon Party that happens on April 13th. I was at a FMP a couple of times as far back as 2001 so I definitely know what to expect here. The debauchery usually gets way out of hand so my group has strategically planned to leave at 6:00am the morning of the 14th back to Koh Samui.
Continue reading "Vacation Time - Koh Samui"Posted by Miles Evans at 8:03 AM
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April 4, 2006
Random | Some Quick Google Blather
New Adwords referral program, Google Related Links is launched at the Labs, and a rather funny Google related video from Saturday Night Live.
Continue reading "Some Quick Google Blather"Posted by Miles Evans at 11:25 PM
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March 21, 2006
Random | SES China 2006 - Name Dropping
Okay... I just got back to Thailand from two seriously harrowing days of speed shopping in Shanghai. Is there anything that cannot be pirated in China? These guys put the rest of Asia to shame. You gotta dig the ingenuity – in fact some of this stuff is better quality than the original product. I think me and the wife picked up an entirely new wardrobe for under what we normally would pay for one outfit. Sweet.
Alright so who impressed the most at SES China 2006?
Continue reading "SES China 2006 - Name Dropping"Posted by Miles Evans at 11:27 AM
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Random | Free .INFO Domains
I noticed 1and1 is giving away .info domains again but this time is one upping dotster by including private registration. So all you black hat bastages can stock up I guess. Actually I shouldn’t say that. I am conducting a fairly brilliant and profitable way to use .info domains (which carry less weight in Google I believe) that I will be writing about here soon. The experiment is in progress but the results will take a few weeks or more to process. Anyways stock up while you can as this will likely not last long – they don’t seem to mention when the deal ends.
Ok now some fun stuff...
Continue reading "Free .INFO Domains"Posted by Miles Evans at 9:15 AM
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February 3, 2006
Random | Rumours mount over Google's internet plan
Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by the search giant, according to sources who are in commercial negotiation with the company.
Last month, Google placed job advertisements in America and the British national press for "Strategic Negotiator candidates with experience in...identification, selection, and negotiation of dark fibre contracts both in metropolitan areas and over long distances as part of development of a global backbone network".
Dark fibre is the remnants of late 1990s internet boom where American web companies laid down fibre optic cables in preparation for high speed internet delivery. Following the downturn in the technology sector during the early 2000s, the installation process for many of these networks was left incomplete. This has resulted in a usable network of cables spread across the United States that have never been switched on. By purchasing the dark fibre, Google would in effect be able to acquire a ready made internet network that they could control.
Continue reading "Rumours mount over Google's internet plan"Posted by Miles Evans at 12:50 PM
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February 2, 2006
Random | Google Rumours & Random Blather
Not much to report today so here is some late breaking gossip on everyone’s favorite search engine. Evil empire in the making? You decide... The trick of entering search terms in capital letters worked for about six hours. Crypticide's readers noted how quickly Google acted, and that now it was onto finding some other means around Google's great wall around China. Read the rest from pcmag. Another good read on this subject is from sfgate: How Google Censors its Chinese Portal. And for the conspiracy geek in all of us...Continue reading "Google Rumours & Random Blather"
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