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6 alternatives to Delicious
Alternatives to Delicious December 17th, 2010 We’ve just reported that Yahoo is closing down Delicious. Here a list of other great bookmarking services that are if you will, “healthy alternatives” to soon to be gone Delicious. 1. Google Bookmarks …
Fair Share Trust in Scotland: Lessons learned
I’m proud to have sat on the national grants committee for the Big Lottery Fund Fair Share Trust – managed by the Scottish Community Foundation the Trust has helped channel over 6m to local projects, with an emphasis on making a real difference i…
10 Kindle websites, apps & goodies you can’t live without
If you’re interested in using your Kindle for more than just reading The Da Vinci Code here’s ten websites you should bookmark. If you know of any other gems please add a comment with the linkage. 1. Kindlefeeder Rather than paying to read blogs o…
Image of the Day – Seal pup’s whiskers freeze
via bbc.co.uk This seal pup at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre in Beith seems unimpressed by the big chill. Photo taken by Gay Christie.
Image of the Day – The world’s biggest footprint in the snow
via bbc.co.uk A foot of snow in Edinburgh. Nial Smith, who created the footprint in his garden, said: “I had made a sketch and I knew roughly what I wanted to do. You can see the car on the left to get an idea of the scale.”
SCVO launching new shared office spare Feb 2010
via scvo.org.uk If you’ve walked past the old Clydesdale Bank building in Glasgow’s Merchant City recently you’ll have noticed there’s change afoot. SCVO are launching a shared working space early next year – a really interesting development in Gl…
A blog post about Jumo you HAVE to read
Jumo is a new and much heralded social networking site for stimulating, coordinating, and occasionally funding social change. It was created by someone with a sterling track record in social media innovation. Chris Hughes was a co-founder of Faceb…
Penguins at Hamleys Regent Street, London
via facebook.com Hamleys has announced plans to have live penguins in-store despite pleas from animal welfare charities. Hamleys need to understand that causing distress to living creatures in the name of profit isn’t on. Penguins are not toys. He…
Tell me what you would do with Twersus.org and it’s yours
I bought the domain name Twersus.org a while back with the intention of doing something clever with it…thing is I never did. I’m not entirely sure what made me register the name, I guess it’s kind of a cross between ‘versus’ and ‘twitter’. Your …