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E-mail disclaimer

I received an e-mail today with at the bottom the following disclaimer: Email Disclaimer: This email and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. No part of … Read more

Google Street View in 3D

Funny, but not sure if it’s an April Fools joke. Just looking at some Street View imagery, when I noticed a little orange guy with 3D glasses right underneath the controls, as can be seen to the right. Turns out that when you click it, it will show you the imagery in — yeah, you … Read more

Web site responsible for Google summary

Well, in the Netherlands, that is. This is what happened. Klup.nl is a Dutch web site for people looking for a house. It apparently once posted some text about a car dealer named Zwartepoorte, and somewhere on the same page, another text about the bankruptcy of a totally different company. The two texts had nothing … Read more

Easter egg

On my home served web site, raptor’s playground, I’ve hidden an easter egg. Find it, and you’ll earn eternal fame (and your name listed on the home page).

Google thinks I live in San Francisco?

Today, in San Francisco an event called “Lights Out San Francisco” takes place. Basically, everyone there is asked to turn off al their lights except for one compact fluorescent lamp between 20:00 and 21:00 hours tonight, to raise awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption. Google supports this initiative by serving a black home … Read more


:-)

:-) I know, this deserves some explanation. Today is the 25th birthday of the :-). I stumbled upon that page a while ago, remembered it just now, and was fortunate enough to find it in my browser history. I just thougt it was worth a little remembrance, because I use smilies all too often. And … Read more

Google facelift

A few days ago, I noticed that Google’s front page has had a facelift. Upon futher examining this, it seems than only google.com has been updated. Localized Google front pages (like google.nl or google.be) seem to still use the old layout. For those using a localized version of Google, this is what google.com looks like … Read more