What is a blog? What should a blog be? What’s your blog’s point?
Well one of the original bloggers, Jorn Barger, gives his views in this Wired article. Some of his points I agree with, some don’t make sense and take the power and bite out of the collective production and sway of the blog.
At [...]
How to write a blog - the 5 golden rules of blogging
January 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Blog Tech · CreationRobot · Personal
The CreationRobot Future
January 18th, 2008 · No Comments
I have no intention of taking over the world.
Really.
That said I think it is time I tried to expand on the CreationRobot blog. I’ve made a couple of attempts at this before, but the sites had little concrete focus, and by little I mean about as focused as fog.
So recently I’ve been putting thought [...]
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Supercat: The Ashera
January 9th, 2008 · No Comments
OK so I’m a rabid cat person. I like cats and I own a Maine Coon; formally the largest domestic cat in the world. A title now owned by the Ashera. I so want one of these, the price is beyond the budget of tiny wee CreationRobot.
The Ashera is a domestic/wild hybrid cat, a hybrid [...]
Tags: Cats · Consumerism · CreationRobot
SATA HDD to USB Conversion - A Stage Rack
December 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Sometimes little gadgets make you go ‘whoa, neat.’ Doesn’t happen often, just sometimes.
This is one of those times. Take a look at this SATA drive USB mount, pretty damned sweet. I WILL be buying one of these shortly.
When it arrives I’ll throw up a review for everyone. In fact this is now outdated by a [...]
Tags: Consumerism · CreationRobot · IT
Steampunk models
December 17th, 2007 · No Comments
More on this later, but for now go and check out the website …
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Tags: Artwork · CreationRobot · Creative
Merry Christmas
December 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Added in a couple of Christmas banners and given the banners a 5pt shadow using my favorite blogging image editor, Imagewell.
Tags: banners, blog, blogging, christmas, creationrobot, imagewell
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10 largest data breaches of 2007
December 14th, 2007 · No Comments
From the ‘and you thought your data was safe’ department.
10. Monster.com — New Job Posting on Monster.com: CISO for Monster.com?
Victims: 1.3 million
Class Action Outrage Scale: 9 out of 10 lawyers
D’oh! Factor: 2 out of 5 Homers
9. Commerce Bank of Wichita, Kansas — Now That’s Just Showing Off
Victims: 20
Class Action Outrage Scale: 0 out of 10 [...]
Tags: CreationRobot · Security
Terry Pratchett Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
December 14th, 2007 · No Comments
Sigh, this is bad news. I’ve loved TP’s books for a long while now. He’s not dead but has 4-10 years left, with only probably half of that being productive. Best wishes to him and his family.
Folks,
I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and [...]
Tags: Books · CreationRobot