1- Go to Google

2- Type in the word “Failure”

3- Instead of clicking “Google Search,” click “I’m Feeling Lucky.”

4- Spread the word before the people at Google “fix” it.

Last night I saw the film Groundhog Day for the first time in my life, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Wow was I surprised to discover today that it really is a real day!

The excellent Radio Open Source has an interesting post on this must-see film, and is doing a show on it tonight. Should be worth listening to.

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No Thanks to Rich Pav for bringing me the best blonde joke ever. I guess everyone in the blogosphere has heard it by now.

Just what is it called? Anyway, having asked you many times if we should be videocasting or not I’m still no closer to doing anything about it. However, check out this v-cast from David Shuff’s hitchhiking trip across Northern Japan. Inspiring stuff. This is the sort of thing I’d like to try to produce one day…

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Over in the right-hand column there is a pointer to my book Errant in Iberia. At least one person has noticed that it used to say ‘Coming soon in Audio Format’ underneath. Well, I’ve kind of taken that project off the to-do list. I tried recording a couple of chapters but just wasn’t happy with the results, so I’m afraid that it shall, for the immediate future at least, stay in that antiquated ‘book’ format, the old-school paper and ink kind. Ideal for getting to sleep at night. Or reading on the beach, so you don’t get sand in your iPod.

Speaking of to-do lists, I am revolutionizing my life (I think) with the ‘Getting Things Done’ system, GTD to me. It really seems to work - empty inbox, empty in-tray, loads of clear ideas about what needs to be done next in every aspect of life. Wow. Read all about it here. Why not give it a try?

Click on the Firefox button over at the top of this page’s right hand column, and get the Firefox browser. Firefox is far better than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Why? Because you can have several sites open in just one window at the same time, using ‘tabs’. Because there are loads of invaluable extensions to add which do loads of cool things (like tell you the weather, search wikipedia etc), and because Firefox is far less vulnerable to Spyware. Plus a little bit of top-quality competition for Mr B. Gates is never a bad thing!

And for everyone who downloads a copy of Firefox via NFS, I get up to 1 dollar from Google, much needed for funding my charity India bike ride!

Yahoo joins the podcasting world with a brand new directory. I think when all this started a year or so ago a lot of people thought that podcasting wouldn’t be around for long, but new directories from big players like Yahoo and Apple have shown that this new media phenomenon is going from strength to strength. As I’ve always said, if you enjoy the Notes from Spain podcasts, then there’s a very good chance that you too should be producing your own. So, go on, give it a go!

Now this is perfect for ex-pats like me, or for anyone with family living abroad.

The VoipBuster! is a bit like Skype, not as good yet for general use, but it does have one major advantage - free calls to landlines in many countries, including Spain, the UK and the US, once you have paid a minimum 1 Euro subscription.

Seems amazing but it really works - you pay a Euro and talk for free for as long as you want. How do they do this?

Muy bien! itunes latest version, 4.9, now supports podcasting, and includes a directory full of exciting offerings. Download the new version now, and find the notes from Spain podcast in the Travel section. Maybe in 6 months time the world will finally know what a podcast is…

I’m trying to avoid adding too much geeky stuff to this blog, but I have a feeling it’s going to start creeping in every now and again… the podcasting obsession is what has really got me going… I find myself browsing rss feeds at strange times of night, and getting excited by ideas like instant outliners… worrying.

Anyway, watch Epic 2015, a bit of technological futurism that we should all look at, a great take on the www. past and present. Maybe it’s the commentators voice, but there’s something creepily ‘1984‘ about the whole thing. Watch out for Googlezon… you have been warned.