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Tesco's UK - only 3,000 XBOX 360's at launch....!!!
Just been told by a member of staff of Tesco, here in the UK that there's only around 3,000 XBOX 360's in Britain. I'm definitely guessing he meant 3,000 XBOX 360's at launch with Tesco's, which seems like an incredibly small amount for such a big superstore...
Posted: Dec 01 2005, 11:16 PM by Wim | with 20 comment(s)
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The pollution on the main weblogs.asp.net feed...
When I go through the main feed here on weblogs.asp.net, the last thing I'm looking for is: - Posts in any other language but English. I'm saying that as a Dutch native speaker. - Simply regurgitated posts from (wait for it...) weblogs.asp.net!!! Sometimes...
Posted: Nov 03 2005, 08:32 PM by Wim | with 17 comment(s)
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PhotoCritters.com
I've launched the very first stage of my Photography Critiques community website, PhotoCritters.com . People that are interested can reserve their spot in the initial beta program, which is limited to 1,000 beta users. If you're interested in photography...
Posted: Oct 14 2005, 05:50 PM by Wim | with 2 comment(s)
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Launch 2005 - where's the UK site?
Some people have been posting the links to the Launch 2005 events for North America . I'm looking for the equivalent UK registration site... Anyone who can help me out here? And it it's simply not up there, when will it be? Cheers!
Posted: Sep 23 2005, 04:47 PM by Wim | with 1 comment(s)
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MSN Search textbox: make the thing wider!
How annoying is that little MSN search input textbox. Especially if you specify a literal string query which contains several words and combine this with some other logical AND or OR search terms. Just quadruple its width! Google has had a decent textbox...
Posted: Sep 07 2005, 04:38 PM by Wim | with 3 comment(s)
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Windows Vista? How about Micrix...?
A very interesting article by Bill Thompson , technology commentator for the BBC. "What will happen when Microsoft releases its new Linux distribution: Micrix (pronounced mick-rix)? It is everything you want. It is completely cross-compatible with Windows...
Posted: Jul 30 2005, 05:51 PM by Wim | with 3 comment(s)
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Recruiter talk - ar5e and elbow
Came across an interesting job description for an ASP.NET developer which shows that most, if not all recruitment agencies don't have any clue what they are talking about: "My Client has an urgent requirement for an .aspx savvy ASP.Net Developer to help...
Posted: Jul 02 2005, 10:04 AM by Wim | with 2 comment(s)
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Save Wimdows and my letter to Bill Gates
Looks like MS legal is on a mad crusade. If I don't just hand over my domain names Wimdows.net and Wimdows.com, legal action will follow. Read all about it here: www.savewimdows.com And find my open letter to Bill Gates here . Why can't they just leave...
Posted: Mar 08 2005, 11:10 AM by Wim | with 3 comment(s)
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MSN Beta Search problems?
The new beta MSN Search site has launched . I had a quick look. Here's my take on the beta. The site seems 'Temporarily Unavailable' quite often. It's is slow. I mean dog slow. Some results took around half a minute to come back. If MSN Search is to surpass...
Posted: Nov 11 2004, 01:50 PM by Wim | with 6 comment(s)
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Webhost4Life...until things go horribly wrong...
A good colleague and friend of mine has been hosting a busy website with WebHost4Life for well over a year now. Support is good, quick and usually pretty painless. A couple of weeks ago - he receives this e-mail: Dear member, I am sorry to inform you...
Posted: Aug 19 2004, 10:14 AM by Wim | with 47 comment(s)
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