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Internet Page of the Month – May 2007

May 12, 2007 at 3:47 pm | In Links, Page of the Month, Teh Intarwebnets | 3 Comments

If you haven’t signed up to this site, you’re missing out. Facebook is an online community much like Myspace or Bebo, but only the bright and sensible can use it. The only people who complain about it are those who are easily confused by the myriad features that make it unique and better than any other community site I have used.

People go “oh no, not another one” and “I can’t be bothered with another one”. I thought this at first. I soon changed my mind.

There are loads of examples of the features that please serious internet users. Instead of having to wade through the hundreds of “wall” comments to find previous correspondences between you and a friend, there is a “wall-to-wall” function that only displays comments between you and this particular friend, with a text-area of course, for quick use. The personal messaging system is very good too. Old replies are not put in the actual message like in an email or a personal message in most other sites, but listed above.

Yet another example would be the small amount of text underneath each friend’s name explaining how they know each other, which is great when you see that one of your friends is friends with another of your friends that you had no idea that they knew the other person.

I personally like the way that everyone’s profile is laid out the same, with the same scheme etc. It makes for quick and easy browsing. And on your homepage there is a news feed giving you information on the activities of all your friends.

In a nutshell, this site will be very useful when I go to university in October.

Internet Page of the Month – April 2007

April 22, 2007 at 1:43 pm | In Football, Links, Page of the Month, Teh Intarwebnets | 2 Comments

I found this whilst looking at the Championship league standings on Wikipedia. It is the most comprehensive explanation of the English Football League heirarchy I’ve ever seen. It has answered the one question that has been nagging me since I was five: how do the lower leagues work?

Find it here.

It also gives me the chance to commiserate with the team at the bottom of the lowest league of the entire national system: Tebby Reserves of the Bristol Downs Football League Division 4.

Having spent some time browsing, I have decided that it is only right to support local teams at very different tiers of the system:

Southampton (Football League Championship – Level 2) This is my supported team, the team that I state when asked who I follow.
Basingstoke Town (Conference South – Level 6) This is my local team, being a resident of Basingstoke. I have witnessed them play a few times, and I follow their progress.
Tadley Calleva (Wessex League Division 2 – Level 11) My step-brother plays for a youth team under this club, so this is a natural team for me to choose.
Tebby AFC (Bristol Downs Division 2 – Level 22) I’m English – for me it’s natural to support the underdog. And you don’t get further down than having a reserve team at the bottom of the bottom.

I will now be following these teams’ fortunes to further my interest in football.