Christian Biggins

Design, Technology, SEO, General Ramblings. Something for everybody.

Almost an hour ago (or maybe more) one of the worlds most popular blogs, mashable, posted about Google Ads for Terrorism. Basically, Googles automated ad server, which picks up on keywords and displays ads based on those words, seems to advertise a lot of bad stuff.
eBay had this problem for a long time. A Google [...]

A judge has let a bunch of Greenpeace activists off the hook after they did 35,000 pounds damage to a coal plant. In their defence, they stated that the plant will do much more damage than that in the future and were all found not guilty.
Full Story at The Independent

Thats right folks. Breaking news! Ferrari’s are greener than Prius’ according to Ferrari’s CEO Amedeo Felisa. He states;
“The combined emissions of all Ferraris sold in a year are less than those of all Toyota Prius sold in a year. So the net effect of Ferrari on global warming is less than a Prius.”

That means that [...]

Leunig on Obama

Just brilliant.

MI6 gets sloppy

Secret files, photos and plans have been found on a camera bought on eBay in the UK for £17. The files included profiles on al-Qaeda members, weapons plans and even Guantanamo Bay detainee’s. My only explanation can be that an MI6 operative put the wrong memory card in their camera before selling it. Obviously they [...]

In a story published today by the Sydney Morning Herald, they talk about an Australian bloke living in Africa and his contributions to the global society as a whole. He owns wikileaks, which, until now, was unheard of by myself. It is a site that allows confidential contributions by whistleblowers all over the world. There [...]

A new KML file for Google Earth by David Tyrse allows you to visualise the deforestation occuring globally. He also has one for Oil Spills.
New Google Earth Layer Shows Global Deforestation

Good on her. If she gets sued, there’ll be a mass of donations to pay for it. Mine included. Thumbs up from me, Nadia. I love the shirt.
Read the article here

Great use of government subsidies have allowed a Korean village to use 100% solar power.Link.
On a similar note, Dr Zhengrong Shi has advised our (extremely unfavoured) NSW Premier on the benefits of Solar subsidies, but Mr Iemma instead wants to make it a nation-wide incentive (Gutless pig).Source