http://www.markbenson.org/blog the blog of Mark Benson, a web developer in the vastness and infinity of cyberspace... Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:49:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seth Godin explains how important your profile picture is, because it *is* important: via Seth's Blog http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-04-07-how-important-is-my-profile-picture.html [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Image from http://www.parkalgar-honda.com/"][/caption] Eugene Laverty and the Parkalgar Honda World Supersport team, who joined forces for the 2009 season determined to achieve success following the tragic loss of Craig Jones at Brands Hatch last year, were finally able to celebrate the teams first victory today following a ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-03-14-parkalgar-honda-get-first-win-in-qatar.html Just a few thoughts I had as to why using Twitter is better than Instant Messaging: It encourages brevity, so wastes little time, and makes you think before you write. It makes it easy to see at a glance if something is relevant. It can produce some priceless quotes. It's social - everyone can read your public feed. It's ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-03-05-why-twitter-trumps-ims.html I decided to outline what makes me follow or not follow people on Twitter. I control and moderate my follow list pretty closely in order to keep my twitter feed both rich and relevant to me. Here's what makes me follow someone/thing on Twitter: I actually know you, in the 'real' world You ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-03-03-the-twitter-house-rules.html Your source for up-to-the-minute news, views and stories about Space, the Final Frontier. AstroEngine You can also follow @astroengine on Twitter for up to the minute updates and good banter. http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-03-03-its-a-big-universe-you-might-need-a-guide.html I've always loved this advert, partly because it was performed by Samuel L Jackson and partly because it's very clever. It says a lot... "Can I help you" he said "Nice shoes" I said "You bet" he said "How much" I said "You can't put a price on the stars" he said "Talk straight" I said "Or ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-03-02-barclays-bank-advert-a-true-classic.html [polldaddy poll="1373723"] http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-02-16-poll-of-the-week-is-windows-7-a-genuine-threat-to-mac-os-x.html  Because of the Threat of Peace comic establishing a 10-year gap betwee nthe Sacking of Coruscant and the start of the Star Wars: The OId Republic game, I have had to rewrite my Bio/Story for my characters. I left the old version up as I preferred it, but this version ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-02-16-swtor-biostory-intro-rewiritten.html via kurtsh This simple tutorial allows you to copy Windows 7 BETA onto a bootable USB stick and install it from USB. Really handy if, like me, you run a notebook with no DVD drive. My HP 2133 Mini-note is currently in the process of happily installing Windows 7 BETA. http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-02-13-install-windows-7-beta-from-usb-memory-stick.html Just wanted to mention that I had a weird issue on my HP 2133 Mini-note with Ubuntu 8.10 locking the numeric keypad (which uses the Fn key and part of the main keyboard) in numeric mode. I found out it's an easy fix, just press Fn + NumLock. Apparently it happens ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2009-02-12-ubuntu-weird-keyboard-issue.html