Alex Barnett's blog

IanD wants to know: "have been searching for ways to record skype calls for pocasts and its not as simple as it looks I saw Audio hijack pro for the mac would do it, is there a windows program like that? I looked at virtual wires but that wouldn't do...

Via Reuters . "Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates will be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth Wednesday for his outstanding contribution to enterprise. He will become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of...

Dana triggered a thought...how can you be sure you are subscribing to the RSS feed you think you are subscribing to? I'm not so worried about the scenario he provides where you go to Technorati and generate an RSS feed based on keywords (Watchlist).....

In a public effort to encourage Microsoft to add as much CSS 2 support as possible as its developers embark on IE7, Håkon Wium Lie (CTO of Opera Software and the father of CSS) and the Web Standards Project have begun the development of a test suite,...

If you are thinking of buying a GE GXCF20E Water Dispenser, then you should watch this .

Via Scott Fegette , I stumbled across this fun, Flash-tastic waste of time . Tap in a keyword, and it throws back a clickable montage of images from Google Image search. Who did I search for?

This is huge news...very exciting. Microsoft will acquire Groove Networks and make Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie (he's got a blog ), chief technology officer at the software giant. FT.com : "Microsoft , the world’s largest software maker, on Thursday said...

I was reminded this week of my My 'Napsterization of Matter' thought exercise by the UK University of Bath's Replicator project news . Napsterization of Matter 'Napsterization of Matter' is a thought exercise I’ve been toying with for some years now....

Technology Futurist : "Since I saw Larry Borsato mention some figures in the 99.999% availability requirement-for-VoIP-networks debate, I decided it was time for me to dust off my networking theory book and implement Erlang's formula on an Excel spreadsheet...

If you've not heard about Bill Gates' Think Week, you should read today's WSJ article that gives you an insight into his 'a seven-day stretch of seclusion he uses to ponder the future of technology and then propagate those thoughts across the Microsoft...

JD on MX : RSS on PSP: " RSS on PlayStation Portable: Remarkable level of hackery on this new box... this Engadget article has a step-by-step, with many outbound links, to view weblog content (via RSS via Bloglines) on the new gaming console."

Mum, you want to know where I live? Watch this screencast . (Thanks to Google Maps )

I ran across this again , the legendary Numa Numa dance. It still cracks me up. If you haven't seen it , then do , if you have , sorry . Talking of silly, Frank points to one Joke with Einstein . and another .

Via InsideGoogle , " BetterBadNews has a great video , making fun of the Autolinking "controversy". If you don't think the whole issue is ridiculous after watching this, well, watch it again. Even if you don't agree, you can still laugh at the video....

Brain Golfarb points to an interesting article in the Seattle Times (pertinent to me - I've just moved from London to Seattle) analysing the 'Seattle Freeze', a phenomenon Sociology professor Jodi O'Brien describes as 'the phenomenon of the plastic smile...

Kevin O'Keefe proposed in January that lawyers have a moral obligation to blog . Interesting idea...I agree. "The American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct and a number of states have ethical rules & guidelines saying a lawyer has...

Ourmedia.org is a free media content hosting and delivery site....if you have got video, audio, music, screecasts, or videoblogs you've created and want to share, then Ourmedia.org is for you. How is the service funded? Well, it turns out that Brewster...

According to DMNews , JupiterResearch claims RSS will not have a significant effect as a supplemental alternative to e-mail marketing. (Via eINFO ) ""Most marketers remain skeptical of using RSS as a mechanism to supplement their e-mail marketing newsletter...

BBC reports Microsoft has agreed to the European Commission's proposed name for a new version of its Windows XP software, Windows XP Home Edition N. The 'N' in the new name stands for "not with media player"...

Eric Rice has created a great screencast showing how to Podcast using Audioblogger.com Audioblog.com. Via Scoble's ridiculously useful Linkblog .

What a line up. Denise Howell hosts a spirited debate at IT Conversations about Google's controversial AutoLink and tools like it mean for the future of the web. Her guests are Cory Doctorow , Martin Schwimmer and Microsoft's Robert Scoble . A superb...

Ellen Finkelstein pinged me to let me know that her book, Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies was published this week. Nice one Ellen! According to the blurb the book explains, in plain English, you’ll find out how to: Use RSS to drive traffic...

Steve Rubel reviews the Office 2003 online campaign and identifies an opportunity for the Office marketing team to use the power of blogging as part of the mix. "Someone please post a link to this blog post on the Redmond Sharepoint server. Here are three...

Scoble states it as it is : "Here's my thesis: companies that have lots of bloggers will end up making better products, will end up having better marketing and PR, will end up making more profit at the end of the day, and will be more likely to have more...

Via BetaNews , Microsoft gives advance notice : "On March 8th, 2005 the Microsoft Security Response Center is planning to release no new security bulletins."