Archive for May, 2005
Strange Health Department Website
So you type: www.min-saude.pt expecting to see the website of portuguese health department with lots of information and… you see an incomplete (to say the least) shell of a what-will-be their website with paragraphs of latin text…
The strange is that there are no reference to the site being “in construction”…
They do little and even that [...]
Star Wars & Steinmetz marketing on F1
Darth Vader is going to change the tires on the Red Bull race cars in the box. The Monaco race has a Star Wars themed Red Bull Racing car. Nice publicity stunt!
Amália Rodrigues on My Radio
I invite you to visit my new “My Radio” section (now powered by XSPF Web Music Player) where you can listen to Amália Rodrigues - Uma Casa Portuguesa.
From now on, you can listen to all kinds of portuguese music on “My Radio”: Fado, pop, rock, tecno…
Updates will be made weekly. Portugal page where you [...]
No “Read Receipt”
I just found out that Gmail does not support the “ask for a read receipt” option:
Can I use ‘read receipts’ with Gmail?
Gmail doesn’t currently offer ‘read receipts,’ but we’re working on many new features to improve our service. To suggest a feature, please contact us
Bummer…
Apparently Microsoft’s Hotmail doesn’t support it also.
Bad luck for all the [...]
Xbox 360 vs Playstation 3
Sony has unveiled its next-generation PlayStation games console, that includes its proprietary Blu-Ray DVD drive, to combat Microsoft’s latest showcase of its Xbox platform, the 360 console.
Update: Nintendo reveals its Revolution.
The new PlayStation 3 will arrive in the spring of 2006 and Xbox 360 is still expected this year.
