Unless my memory is playing tricks on me, the UK MoD released a lot of its files on UFO's a few months back... I'm too lazy to dig out any old news articles right now though. Anyway, the cynics amongst us might find it rather unsurprising that now CNES has released its secret UFO archive online. Fancy that. Filled with curious incidents of things ( Read more... )

Or does it?

The BBC have published an article this week claiming "Britons are increasingly tech-savvy but are still bamboozled by tech jargon". One of their examples regards RSS, a key resource to many residents of the blogosphere in particular, stating "while 40% of online Britons receive news feeds, 67% did not know that the official term for ( Read more... )

The word most guaranteed to prick up a student's ears: free

A friend just pointed me to a website that I believe may have a lot of potential, and could be particularly for people who are looking for a quick, easy, and free reference source.

To quote a little of their own blurb…
At Textbook Revolution, you’ll find links to textbooks and select ( Read more... )

A number of people I know might be interested in a site called Lulu. I hadn't heard of it before it was mentioned in googleblog, but it certainly seems interesting. I'm thinking particularly of the likes of Mark K, cuprohastes and dianat17 here. According to Googleblog: Basically, Lulu allows you to upload your Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer file along with your ( Read more... )

I'm happy. I have just realised that Barnes and Noble allow you to play a 30s clip of just about any song on any album you might be considering buying. Coupled together with the MTV Radio stations I think I will be compiling a vast list of funky albums I wish to purchase, with minimal effort.

I have received an email claiming to be from my isp, about a funky new security product they offer which can be downloaded free. It all sounds good, except that the images and link point to mx0.net - which sounds very suspicous to me ( Read more... )