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Internet Balloon race is on

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The World's first Internet balloon race is on, and I'm in it - and it's passing over the Snipperoo home page

I need support, as I missed the beginning of the race. Five people need to support me - so give me a boost please. I'm CamelWidget - click on 'Help me to go faster'

Excellent widgets using Gigya - and it's not too late to take part. Nice thing is - it's a widget to take part and a widget to  promote being in the race. Very imaginative Orange!

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Registering A New Domain? Don’t Use Network Solutions • Startup Hustle

In my previous life as Mr Domain Name I ran up against the monster of the industry, Network Solutions. They were the most horrible company I ever encountered. It seems that even now, many years and many changes of ownership later, the dna remains. They are seriously bad. I'm just passing on the meme:  Registering A New Domain? Don’t Use Network Solutions

Gogle Gadget button = Windows Start Button?

Something subliminal going on here? This is the new Google Gadgets button as announced on their blog:

And this is the Windows Start button:

Am I seeing things or is there a subliminal message going on?

Department of I Don't Think So

Tests 'reduce pupils to widgets'

Head teachers say tests can lead to the humiliation of pupils Pupils have been reduced to widgets on a production line by the high number of tests in England's schools, head teachers have warned.

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Supermarket 2.0

Funny! The Supermarket if it went 2.0 - everything's tagged.

glumbert.com - Supermarket 2.0

Wilfers waste time on the web - Trends & Ideas - BizReport

From the Department of So Tell Me Something New. I thought this was what the term surfing the web was coined for. It is the Situationist derive or drift in action, and we salute Wilfers.

Wilfers waste time on the web

Wilfers waste time on the web The internet has spawned a new group of individuals who aimlessly wander the web and who are not quite sure what they logged on for.

by Helen Leggatt

This new breed of users are called wilfers. They surf the web without any real purpose, often forgetting what they were there for in the first place. The term is derived from the phrase “what was I looking for?”

The U.K., it seems, is full of wilfers. Almost a quarter of the 2,412 Brits surveyed by YouGov for Moneysupermarket.com, admitted they had spent 30 percent or more of their online time wilfing.

Dedication to the cause

Lars-Christian from Bloggst has promised that if enough people "sign up, I will change my name to Bloggst!". Bloggst is a site for probloggers, those who like to make money from their sites. Now, I know where he is coming from, it can be a struggle to meet user targets at the best of time and all publicity helps. I can assure you that when we get to our first million users I will be changing my name to Ivan Snipperoo (not).

If you sign up, I will change my name to Bloggst! If enough people register here, I will change my name to Bloggst. Published by Lars-Christian Today If you sign up, I will change my name to Bloggst! Am I crazy? Probably. But you didn't misread the title at all! If enough people sign up for Bloggst within the year, I will actually change my own name to Bloggst. And no, I'm not talking about my "online name", I am talking about my actual, real-life name. Here in Norway the rules for name changes are very lenient, and every person can change their own name twice in their life, and you can use whatever name you please, and I am one hundred percent certain that I will have no problems getting "Lars-Christian Bloggst" approved.

Blaughing

StickiWidgets got this first:

Flickr Sidetrack

A lot of badges and widgets use images from Flickr. They are a good source of widgetfill. So I guess I'm allowed this little sidetrack.
Every time, for at least a year, I go on to Flickr there is this message on the front page in my account:

Welcome to Flickr!.

Printing? Can it be true?

Well, it's true if you're in the U.S.... with more countries coming online soon! Get 10 free prints with your first order! Click here to set yourself up for printing.

So what's wrong with this? Not much, just: 1. Good grief, by now I've got the message 2. I'm logged in so you know I've got the message 3. I'm not in the US, you know that 4. Stop f***ing insulting me - in over a year you have made no progress in getting UK printing sorted, you really don't care 5. Stop going on about it 6. You are supposed to be the most amazing interface designers in the world yet you leave this abomination on your front page week after month after year.

Ah, I feel better now.

Comix for your site

Make your own comic strip with Comeeko and widgetize it. (Thanks to Mashable)