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This one was a pre-announced April Fool gag - did you fall for it?

Announced on Diggnation Revision3’s flagship show announced that Revision3 has been aquired by Fox……….

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I’ve written a blog post over at IT PRO about Herman Hollerith, one of the founders of IBM and the man who pioneered modern data entry computing

Please take a look.

Ok, probably makes no difference to you, but I want one, and now I have one:

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I’m having a bit of an iPod clear-out, having realised that I own more iPods than I could possibly make use of.

The stuff is listed on eBay, and all proceeds will be used to buy shiny new Apple items, such as a 160GB iPod Classic, and if there’s anything left over, a second composite video cable and power adapter for it.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZchrisgreen1

Everything has been looked after, in most cases you’d struggle to tell it has been used at all as I keep all my iPods in cases as I am paranoid about scratching them.

And before anyone asks - I am not selling the engraved Nano I was given just before Christmas - as the guys in the office will confirm, I’m keeping that and use it every day!

The Steve Jobs keynote, edited down to a 60 second video. From Mahalo Daily

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Assuming the technology doesn’t let us down, IT PRO (more precisely - me) will be live blogging the Steve Jobs keynote.

I’ll be using CoverItLive for this particular challenge, which will also be a first, so fingers crossed.

Assuming we can get a working 3G signal and the CoverItLive platform doesn’t let us down, you’ll be able to read the important details as they happen on the IT PRO web site.

After the little red IT PRO fridge went haywire earlier in the week I’ve been on the lookout for a replacement, as well as using the opportunity to upgrade to something bigger and better.

Sadly my shameless attempt to encourage a PR company representing a drinks brand or something similar to donate one to the cause has not proved fruitful, but all is not lost, as I bought exactly the one I wanted (see the image below - it even has the Stella branding, but we can live with that), brand new, from a eBay seller for a bargain price.

It’s currently sat in my hallway and will be transported to the office later in the week, on whichever day I can book a parking space in the car park.

Today is a sad day in the IT PRO offices. Our beloved drinks fridge has officially died after two years of faithful service.

We realised all was not well when we opened the fridge to retrieve a packet of butter for the morning toast round, only to discover that during the night it had malfunctioned and switched from “Cool” to “Hot”, and with it boiled several cans of Coke and a brand new pack of Flora. The tub of marg was given a hero’s burial in the kitchen bin.

So, in short, we need a new drinks fridge. As you can see, the current one is only small (holds about half a dozen cans), and isn’t really up to the task of keeping the growing team of a busy IT magazine full of chilled sugar and caffeine. Ideally, we would kill for something like this:

Obviously it doesn’t have to be a Stella-branded one. We are not fussed what branding is on it

Yes, I know this is a shameless blag attempt, but it is worth asking before we have to resort to finding a cheap one on eBay. In return we can offer as many IT PRO 2008 monitor calendars as you want, plus any other Dennis promotional stuff that we can find. OK, not like-for-like, but its better than nothing.

CES 2008 is up and running in Las Vegas. IT PRO has an army of journalists on the ground covering the event for us, but not me, partly becasue I’ve been recovering from a bout of norovirus since New Years Day, but also as I have so much going on n the office that needs my time.

It does mean I’ve been around to do some analysis on the news coming out of the show, or in the case of the Bill Gates keynote, the lack of it. Bit of a shame, would have liked and expected to see Gates use the opportunity to say or show something of consequence. An opportunity squandered.

Anyway - CNBC, video is up, click here or on the image to watch it.

This year I’ve decided to split things into two posts - one for here and one for my IT PRO blog. For the personal blog I’m doing my resolutions, for the work blog I’ll be doing my technology predictions for 2008.

I should add at this stage that I am hopeless at sticking to such resolutions, but it remains important to at least try. You never know, this might be the year that one sticks!

Chris Green’s 2008 New Year Resolutions

1) Blog more - both my blogs (this one and the IT PRO blog) have been suffering a bit of late. I’m not losing interest in blogging, quite the opposite in fact, it is just a problem with spare time, and not having any. I need to blog here and at IT PRO more than once a week each. Hopefully I’ll have a bit more time this year as things continue to settle down at work and hopefully at home. Also, now that we have completed the migration of the IT PRO blogs away from the abysmal system we launched with and onto Wordpress, using it will be a lot more practical and pleasant.

2) List stuff on eBay - before anyone gets the wrong idea I’m referring to my own possessions, not anything I’ve ever received as a press gift of review item. I’ve become overloaded with junk again, and I need to do a massive eBay selloff to get some space back in the house. That means getting rid of things like obsolete computer equipment and software I’ve bought and subsequently replaced with other kit (for example I have a pile of CRT monitors I desperately need to get rid of), DVDs I no longer watch, obsolete DVD players and Freeview boxes, plus anything else I’m not using any more that is occupying space and cluttering the house up.

3) Pay down my credit cards - they are way too high and need sorting, sharpish. Item 2 will go some way to helping.

4) Get some exercise - I’ve spent the last 18 months driving a desk and I’m really feeling the worse for it. I have not been travelling to the extent I usually do over the course of a normal year, and believe it or not, all that time usually spent out at conferences, running around airports and generally working in the field does do some good in terms of keeping you healthier than normal (you don’t eat as much, you eat at regular times and you get some upper and lower body exercise from all the walking, running and luggage carrying). I’m not talking about getting back into the insane shape I was in at school and university (it would be nice, but is ultimately unnecessary), but I do need to be more active, and I’ll feel better as a result. That means less time in the car and more walking, getting back to the gym more often, dusting off the golf clubs now and again, and maybe laying off the Coke - maybe!

5) Write more - not just blogs but do more journalism in general, I need to write much more than I did in 2007, more news and especially more features and reviews. I am going to set myself a target of writing at least one review and one feature a month as a minimum, and see where it goes from there.

6) Podcasting - need to do the podcasting more regularly, and start doing some of the video stuff I’ve been threatening to do for a while.

7) Summer Party - For the last three years I’ve been talking about holding a summer bash at the house for family and friends, this year it will actually happen. Now I’ve said that we had better have the weather to make it happen.

8 ) Redecorate the conservatory - it’s a mess, I hate the colour and the roof needs some work to stop it leaking - again. All stuff I need to do this year and the sooner the better so that the conservatory can be used come the summer, as right now it is not somewhere I’d like to be, let alone entertain guests.