| It's a dog's life on the web | | 9:36am today | | Some time ago local children's author Helen McGlasson gave her real life canine character- Frog The Dog - its own blog: Frog Dog Blog Log. There is a link in our Literature - Education section or go direct to frogblogdoglog.blogspot.com/. Well, it seems she's not the only one using new media technology to share pet details. Here are some sites - local and national - that are blogging, posting images and talking in forums about more than just dogs. |
| Watch the world on Pangea Day (May 10) | | 3:35pm Friday 9th May 2008 | | With all the divisive media about tragedies, world finances and global political situations I thought we'd look at websites that are trying to unite us, not divide us. Here are simply brilliant examples of how people are using new media to help us connect, communicate and comprehend each other's lives. |
| Web hosts advice on how to live cheaply | | 8:36am Thursday 1st May 2008 | | Everyone is looking for ways to survive the soaring costs of food, fuel and home. Basically, the cost of living seems to silently slithering up and up, while (for many) disposable' income is disappearing. But, how can we make the best of a bad situation? How can we live more cheaply? Help is at hand. |
| Technology changes: hang on for the ride of your life | | 9:15am Friday 25th April 2008 | | You probably wouldn't normally link the latest technological developments with riding a bike - but you should. Technology is now, more than ever, a fluid, moving vehicle and if you jump on for the ride, it looks like it will be fun. Here's a quick tour of what old technology is doing to give itself a new look. The speed of change is incredible. |
| Communities connect on the web | | 10:27am Thursday 17th April 2008 | | Communities around the world recently voiced their opinions at Olympic Torch events in London, Paris and San Francisco - and their message was heard loud and clear. |
| Technology goes green on the web | | 4:17pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | Technology is often virtually green. It is hard to tell if any of our new media activities are really green or not. But some companies are pushing the boundaries to bring serious green effects to our fingertips. One recent developments involves black being more green than white... read on. |
| The power of an internet without borders | | 1:19pm Thursday 3rd April 2008 | | You have probably heard of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) www.doctorswithoutborders.org or Teachers Without Borders www.teacherswithoutborders.org. But did you know a global virtual freedom of speech online day was launched by Reporters Without Borders, www.rsf.org last week? Many peoplel choose to bite their tongues, choose to remain silent, choose to walk away - but for some that behaviour is not a choice, but a matter of survival. This event opened the door to freedom of speech in a way only the Net can do. |
| The Net needs a new visionary | | 8:40am Friday 28th March 2008 | | With the recent death of Sir Arthur C. Clarke came the great loss of a literary and hi-tech visionary. His short story The Sentinel, made into the push-technology-to-the-limits film 2001:A Space Oydessy, is still the talk of the tech town. He challenged writers, scientists and sociologists to new levels with unprecedented ideas of what technology could do. |
| ‘i’s’ the word - iPod, iPlayer, iMac | | 12:59pm Thursday 13th March 2008 | |
It's all in the i. iPod; iTunes, iPlayer, iMac, iPhone. Slowly but surely, the Apple is worming its way into every portal of our lives. Music players, phones, computers are all merging. New partnerships are forming. Where some users may love a big chunk of technology, today's users prefer small and multi-talented units. And, Apple - and their partners - are playing their tune. Although I have used both, and mostly PC, the Apple line-up is starting to look very appetising. |
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