Geocaching

Geocaching is a new ‘sport’, sort of like a global treasure hunt, where you’re given some instructions on where to find a ‘cache’ near you; sometimes you have to use a GPS. I’ve found a few around Perth, which I’ll have to check out, but you might have some near you, as well.

Lost on the Net

One of the big problems of being called a common name like ‘David Cook’ is that there are a lot more ‘david cooks’ out there who aren’t you than who are. I am *so* outnumbered. (That’s one of the reasons this site is called ‘BONWAG’ rather than something like ‘David Cook’s Website’. I was a little annoyed when ‘cookware.com’ was bought by someone else before I’d thought of it. Even ‘davidcook.com’ is sort-of taken.)
A search on Google reveals over 22 thousand matches for ‘David Cook’, while a search for ‘Ainslie Robinson’, say, reveals only 12, most of which are about the right person. I actually had two good friends when I was younger, both called David Cook, both living within a few streets of my home.
The good thing is, that none of us ‘david cook’s is really famous yet, and no-one has co-opted the name ‘David’ (like Elton, Kylie and Madonna have).
There’s still time.

Eleven Things

Remember all the crazy emails that floated around last year about the numbers 9 and 11 in the WTC attacks in New York? Well, take that idea to an extreme and then beat it to death and you get this nonsense.

IE On Steroids

If you’ve been wanting to get Internet Explorer to do a little more work, here are some cool downloads to make your surfing a little lest treacherous. (link)

Why Won't They Learn?

The story of businesses offering stupid offers on their websites by accident is nothing new. 5 years ago, it was the main message of a lot of my eCommerce presentations. Why can’t big business get its act together? link