Archive for December, 2007

Google Maps can’t find Newbury

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Google Maps can’t find Newbury Originally uploaded by Surferbill. Oops.

Want a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 for Christmas?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 10, 2007

Amazon.co.uk today announced the launch of ‘Amazon Customers Vote’ at www.amazon.co.uk/customersvote on Monday December 10. Thousands of must-have Christmas gifts – including the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Toshiba HD-EP30 HD-DVD player – will be offered at discounts of up to 75% off throughout the week.

Where When?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Sunday, December 9, 2007

Where When? Originally uploaded by Surferbill. Google Calendar doesn’t seem to know where or when it’s going.

Miniature Earth

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

If the world’s population were reduced to 100, it would like something like this…

How To Disable Automatic Download Blocking in IE7/Vista

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Issue: Since moving to IE7 on Vista, I cannot download some attachments from some websites or web applications. I click the link on the website, it pops up a new window, and in the new window the File/Save dialog box does not appear. Instead, the new window just disappears. This particularly affects PeopleSoft HelpDesk version [...]

Blogger supports OpenID commenting

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Blogger now supports OpenID commenting, at least in the beta version, and hence so does this site. Leave a comment using your OpenID!

Elf Yourself

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 3, 2007

It’s that time of year again, Christmas is coming, so go out and Elf Yourself! (Just read the new terms of service carefully, you’re giving them full permission to do anything they want with your photo)