December 22, 2008 at 6:55 am · Filed under fun, music
There are four more CDs to be given away in the pre-Christmas giveaway bonanza!
Two are shrinkwrapped mini-albums from a band with a Very Imposing Natural Phenomenon Name.
One is an exclusive, pre-release, EP/sampler from a well-known Australian artist.
And the last is a CD Single from a female artist…which will be randomly inserted into a winner’s pack.
December 19, 2008 at 5:50 pm · Filed under media
Not confident you’re going to get something good for Christmas?
How about a CD?
Gkoya will give away six new, recent, CDs over the next few days: starting Monday.
What do you have to do, to get yourself a musical masterpiece?
Just answer the simple question/challenge that will be given to you each giveaway day. Really easy.
You have to have a mailing address in Australia to win, and you need to provide that address (and a real email address, which will never be used after this promotion) within 24 hours of the giveaway day.
Which CDs are up for grabs?

TZU, Smiling At Strangers

Kisschasy, too b or not too b

Metro Station

Hercules and Love Affair

So Frenchy, So Chic

Goldfrapp, Seventh Tree
See you Monday!
December 18, 2008 at 10:33 am · Filed under uncategorized
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Congratulations to @hugosharp on Project Vino getting a gong!
I’ve been supporting the site for ages, and even participated in the Twitter Wine Tasting.
December 17, 2008 at 10:34 am · Filed under uncategorized
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“Client says their new site is “really Web 2.0″ but it’s made entirely in Flash with no permalinks.”
Yep, seen that before ;-).
December 13, 2008 at 10:32 am · Filed under uncategorized
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“You can download the presentations from the keynotes sessions and seminars at the Smartphone Show and Mobile DevFest. Simply click on the name of the presentation to access the slides.”
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“Considering structure, graphics and materials I created a set of three lunchboxes for ASDA”
*Such* a lovely idea.
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“SeeSaw Networks, the leading aggregator of inventory across more than 40 digital out-of-home networks, announced the addition of four new network affiliates. In addition, the media company unveiled an upgrade to its Web-based planning platform, SeeSaw Ads.com, that includes more precise marketing tools.”
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LTE in 2009!? O RLY?
“Verizon’s chief technology officer, Dick Lynch, unexpectedly told a crowd at the Cisco C-Scape conference on Tuesday that his firm expected to have LTE in service by “this time next year.” A Verizon spokesperson confirmed that Snyder made these remarks, but had no additional information to provide. “
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“Verizon Wireless is going where no national advertiser has gone before: to HD Radio side channels. Since April and continuing into next year, the frequent radio advertiser is sponsoring a branded channel on the HD2 channels of 21 Clear Channel radio stations.
Called Verizon New Music, the channel is also streamed on the Internet.”
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“Perlson heads TargetSpot Inc., which acquired a rival in October to create the largest seller of Internet radio ads. New York-based TargetSpot will handle online ads for more than 1,000 stations, including those owned by terrestrial broadcasters such as CBS Radio, which is an investor in TargetSpot, and Internet-only radio sites such as those on AOL and Live 365.”
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“Weissman characterizes BusRadio as “an advertising company masquerading as a satellite radio network that aims to exploit a captive audience of young children.”"
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“Besides Street View, these newest releases also tote walking directions, transit alerts, and support for Google’s local business review service – plus they’ve made the whole thing a bit snappier.”
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“With the global economy in tatters, what are entrepreneurs to do? Stop believing in themselves? Never!”
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“There’s been a recent update to TiVo boxes, enabling two famous and long-rumored features: Netflix support and Ads displayed while pausing/fast-forwarding. Both were first discussed on this site four years ago and it wasn’t until this week that both finally became available for TiVo users.”
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I can’t tell if this is cool.
…or a portal.
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Brilliantly horrifying.
“Gastro is a Google Maps mashup of the NSW Food Authority’s name-and-shame lists.”
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Eat and Drink in 4000 :-)
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“However, from a design point of view, there’s definite merit in removing any extraneous elements and devices to provide as clean and uncomplicated interface as possible. The outcome is a tendency towards simplicity – the same general goal as Popper – although the driver was distinctly different.”