The Daily Mail has an interesting feature on the latest fibre optic cable [^] linking the UK and the USA.
The cable travels 3,800 miles underwater, carries 10,000 volts and is capable of covering the internet needs of 20 million people transmitting 3.2terabits of data per second! The article also has a look at the anatomy of an undersea cable, the business of repairing undersea cables and the predicted UK internet crisis of 2014. It helps you to realise how fragile and flexible the internet really is.
Image: MailOnline
Email Addresses
Nick Cernis at Modern Nerd has just written a post about the email addresses [^] that hit his inbox:
Hopefully I don’t fall into the “cuddlebunny@pass-me-a-bucket.com” category. But I do the same thing, I don’t think that I’m quite as bad as Nick though!
There is one thing that does get to me; that’s when you see a business card or professionally sign-written van with their own website followed by email@isp.com.au. That just screams out we have done half the job really well and completely forgotten the small detail.
If you are using anything other than you name or your business name in your email address you are missing the opportunity to make a good first impression.