Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
The rise and rise of the urban myth
March 12th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
There have, of course, always been urban myths – stories that seemed plausible but, upon examination or even a little thought, prove to have little or no foundation in fact. However, the advent of the Internet has given a powerful medium for the rapid and easy and cost-free transmission of such nonsense. Often such urban […]
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Five blogs that make me think
February 23rd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
An American blogger has come up with a meme called “Five blogs that make me think”. I only know this because one of the bloggers who’s picked up on the meme – an American teacher who has been a cyber-buddy for some time – has chosen NighHawk as one of her five. Thanks, Dana. It […]
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How to customise your home page
February 17th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
From the very earliest days of the web, browsers had something called a ‘home page’. This was the default web page that would come up when you’d launch your browser and connect to the Net. Most people never change their home pages; they use whatever they were given. This could be the home page of […]
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Can I have your permission?
February 14th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
From time to time, I’m approached by individuals and organisations who wish to use material from my web site, usually for educational purposes – and, of course, I always agree. The latest request comes from a UK organisation called Taecanet Springboard. This service was founded in October 2003, to provide teachers with a easy to […]
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What is Web 2.0?
February 12th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Theer’s a neat little video on YouTube here.
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Top 20 web sites by time spent there
February 8th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Early this morning, I battled through the London snow to go into the city centre for a seminar at the international law firm Denton Wilde Sapte. The speaker was Professor Paul Maharg of the Glasgow Graduate School of Law. The title of his presentation was “Blogging, podcasting and beyond: from real life to second life”. […]
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Imagine the terrible possibility …
February 1st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
… that the alleged plot to kidnap, torture and behead a British Muslim soldier and then to post film footage of the atrocity on the Internet was both true and carried out. Would British Internet service providers knowingly have provided access to such material? I hope not. But, if they blocked access, how would they […]
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What are the functions of those F keys?
January 30th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
See those keys on the top row of the keyboard in front of you? F1 through to F12. Do you have any idea what they do? I confess that I never use them. But Bill Gates was on “The Daliy Show With Jon Stewart” this wek to talk about the launch of Microsoft’s new Vista […]
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Is your computer a botnet?
January 25th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Of the 600 million computers currently connected to the Internet, between 100 and 150 million are already part of botnets. Botnets are made up of large numbers of computers that malicious hackers have brought under their control after infecting them with so-called Trojan virus programs. This alarming picture was described by no less than Vint […]
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Who’s using the Net?
January 25th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
When I first went on-line in 1995, the Internet was dominated by English speakers but, over the years, this has changed dramatically. Although all the material on my web site and blogs are in English, I’ve always endeavoured to address subjects covering a wide range of countries and cultures. Indeed the latest additions to the […]
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