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Residents Turn to Facebook to Vent Frustrations

Residents of my local town Shrewsbury have turned to Facebook to vent their frustrations at the reported growing powers of the town centre residents association.

They claim that the town centre is increasingly turning into a residential area rather than a social meeting point.

The town centre has lost a number of key venues over the past several years and little is being done to encourage this type of investment in the town.

With over 1500 followers at time of writing the group clearly showns a number of people feel the same way about the town.

Find out more on their Facebook Group.

Great Offer from Tesco

Spotted earlier this week in Tesco:

My Dubai Holiday

Here are a selection of my best photos from Dubai.

We stayed in Atlantis located on the Palm Jumeirah.

The hotel features a massive indoor aquarium.

Rays swimming around the aquarium.

The aquarium contains thousands of fish.

Some of the more exotic sea animals.

Om nom nom nom.

A dolphin at the hotel - rescued from hurricane Katrina.

The Zigerat - part of the water park at Atlantis.

Parts of the water rides at the hotel - note how some of the rides take you up the Zigerat and others back down again.

The hotel lobby.

Atlantis in the day.

The Burj Al Arab from the beach at Atlantis.

A view from the beach at night with the monorail.

The view of the palm from our hotel room. The tall buildings in the distance are the Dubai Marina.

The Dubai Marina from our hotel.

A view over the palm at sunset.

The Dubai Marina at night.

Boats in the Dubai Marina.

The Burj Khalifa - the worlds tallest building (so tall I couldn't get it all in one shot).

The fountains outside the Burj Khalifa.

The lake around the Burj Khalifa.

Worlds biggest indoor ski centre at the mall of the emirates.

The Burj Al Arab.

View the full set on Flickr.

Why it's Increasingly Important to Provide Flash Alternatives

With an increasing number of mobile web visitors its important to make sure the mobile experience is as good as the desktop experience. With a number of smart phones including the iPhone not supporting Abobe's Flash technology it's essential to provide an alternative.

A good example is British Supermarket chain Morrisons. My task was to find the opening times of my local store, I achieved this quickly however the bulk of the main page was not viewable because no alternative to Flash was provided.

Morrisons iPhone

Looking at the same page through a desktop browser this section provides latest offers.

Even though my goal in visiting the site was not to see the latest offers I still had the intention of visiting a local store where I may have been influenced by what I had seen on the website.

By not providing a Flash alternative Morrisons are missing out on one of their top conversion points - the main banner on the front page of their website - i.e. the section that the majority of the visitors will first see.

Alternatives would be very easy to implement - an image of offers could be displayed instead of the message telling me to install Flash or the Flash section could be recreated using JavaScript.

iPhone Videos - Newly Updated Website

We are pleased to announce the relaunch of our iPhone Videos website. The site features the best videos showcasing iPhone previews, reviews, apps, games, hacks, tricks and unlocking.

Originally launched two years ago the site has been at the forefront of all videos to do with the iPhone.

See more on www.iphonevideos.net

iMac History Website

A new website has been created detailing all models from the past eleven years of the iconic Apple desktop computer. iMac History has been created as a testament to the success and status of the Apple iMac in society.

iMac History recognises the importance of how the iMac changed the landscape of the personal computer market and helped Apple regain its status as a global technology leader.

The website orders models by date, processor type and is fully searchable for keywords specific to certain models. Users are invited to share their comments and experiences to each iMac.

Having previously developed and sold a similar website on the history of the iPod the creators have worked hard researching past models, sourcing images and finding related adverts and videos.

www.iMacHistory.com officially launched on April 1st 2010.

Devil on Chat Roulette

We spent an evening on Chat Roulette - this is what we came across:

Some sort fluffy toy.

At first he was like...

And then he was...

First of many hotties.

Dont spill that drink.

Shocked!

The Devil was recruiting.

Shocked!

Nice bum.

One of many.

Too easy.

Nice glasses.

Nice mask.

Really shocked.

One of many well designed signs.

Really really shocked.

Really really really shocked.

Nice eyes.

Too young.

They made the Devil laugh.

**** ***

You cannot scare the Devil.

The Devil is amused.

A fan.

Super shocked!


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