Rob the Geek

Category: Community & Social

  • Money makes the (virtual) world go around…

    A hat tip to my friend John who sent me this link from the BBC site regarding Project Entropia who have just released a cash card which allows gamers to convert the currency the earn in-game, to real world dollars ? and this cash card can be used in cash machines around the world.

  • Catching Casts Just Got Easier

    Hey wow, I just recieved an email from Adam Zand from Topaz Partners (who are the doing the PR for the guys who brought us the MyPodder software which I blogged about here). Russell Holliman and his team have built on the MyPodder application since I last blogged about it and are releasing MyPodder formally […]

  • Google is going to take over the world…(still)

    Ah yes, Google have released a new volly of shots across the bows of their compeditors in the online space… This time, they’ve come out with a web page hosting solution “Google Page Creator“ which I’ve just signed up to try out.

  • Blogging from my Browser…

    Okay, I’m supposed to be on holiday, but since the in-laws are running a Bed & Breakfast called The Olde Millhouse B&B in Renwick, Marlborough they have got themselves broadband (yep – ADSL ‘JetStream’ is even avalible in the South Island!) so they can stay on top of their guests emails and stuff. Anyway, it […]

  • Backing up this Blog

    Well – since I’m gettign a bit more organised at home with our renovations, it seems to be trickling down into my online/digital life too. I then got to thinking, how MUCH would it suck if I lost my blog entries? I figured the answer was “Quite a lot”…

  • Ooooooh – I’m important and interesting… Listen to ME!

    The New Zealand press finally catch up, and run a story on blogging…

  • Everybody else is blogging so why can’t I?

    Now this blogging is by no means a new thing but it’s recently made the news and a recent NetGuide ran quite a comprehensive guide on bloggs and blogging in NetGuide – Issue 79. Now not being a wordsmith or journo by any stretch of the imagination, I’ll leave it to you to follow the […]