Archive for the “Asides” category
* Why I Won’t Care About Zune Price Drops
by Tony Hung on September 5, 2007
Well, it looks like the Microsoft Zune, Microsoft’s DRM’d iPod never-be, has dropped its price as part of its planned product cycle. If you wanted to try it out, I suppose now is as good a time as any. Being (…)
* Short Hiatus Explained In Two Words
by Tony Hung on August 21, 2007
Well, after a generally upbeat August — in terms of frequency of postings — you may have noticed an absence over the past few days. The reason can be explained in two words: Harry Potter. I picked up the Deathly (…)
* WordPress T-Shirts: Cool Color, Cruel Shipping Costs
by Tony Hung on August 15, 2007
For those of you who use WordPress for their blogs (and, with the greatest respect to Anil Dash, I suspect that its most of you), you may have noticed that WordPress now has shirts for sale internationally. I like the (…)
Could You Imagine Living In A Net Cafe?
by Tony Hung on August 15, 2007
Apparently there are people in Japan who actually *live* in Net Cafe’s — they are clean, they are cheap, they serve food, *and* you can buy clean underwear (the non-school girl kind) if you so choose it. Although such places (…)
Self-Indulgent Posting Alert: I Was Interviewed The Other Day …
by Tony Hung on August 12, 2007
Valeria Maltoni interviewed me recently at Conversation Agent about my experiences at the BlogHerald as ‘new media’ editor. If such things strike your fancy, go ahead and check it out. If however, you would like to read a good blog (…)
Notice A Jump In Spam, Lately?
by Tony Hung on August 9, 2007
Have you noticed a jump in spam lately? I know I have. Heck, even my wife has, and she has fairly good email practices (doesn’t leave it lying around the ‘net for people to spam). Turns out that there is (…)
Why Doesn’t WebbAlert Have Comments? (Part Deux)
by Tony Hung on August 9, 2007
Not wanting to make this a big thing, but as I wrote about it last week (actually, exactly last week), Morgan Webb has neither comments enabled, nor trackbacks set up for WebbAlert. I noticed this today as I was linked (…)