Five and Lime

The first major Carsonified event of the year is “The Future of Web Apps” which takes place in Miami Florida and I am lucky enough to be going.

The team rendez-vous’d at the office at 4.30 ready to catch the mini-bus to Heathrow. After a short detour to pick up Jo we were sipping a coffee in the departure lounge ready to catch the Virgin tin bird to Miami International. 10 hours later we touched down and were greeted by the fresh smelling heat of Miami. After a short ride to Ocean Drive we arrived and checked in at The Strand Hotel, a white art deco hotel right on the beach front. It’s always the little things that set hotels apart and for the Strand it’s Betty, the “Manager of Desires”. Seemingly it’s her job to keep us up to date on what’s going on and keep us happy with a supply of free cola, which is nice. If nothing else it’s a great job title.
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Firing up this web site yesterday I noticed that the screenshots supplied by the ma.gnolia.com bookmark JSON feed had grown in size. After having a look at the actual feed nothing appeared to have changed. However closer inspection revealed that the supplied thumbnail URL had an additional “/160″ at the end which as it turns out is the width in pixels of the now default screenshot.
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I am selling a couple of used but in good condition Netgear items on e-bay.

Netgear WGR614 54 Mbps Wireless Cable Router & Switch

Netgear WGPS606 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server & Switch

UPDATE: Both auctions have now finished and the items dispatched!