Archive for October 31st, 2007

Seven things we sold that you can’t buy any more

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

IN the 1970′s my father ran a newsagent in Artane Dublin (one of his many careers!).  We sold all these things at a fantastic rate, where are they now?

  1. Boiled sweets dished out from glass jars into quarter pound bags
  2. Slices of ice cream cut and served between wafers straight from the fridge
  3. Individual cigarettes
  4. Packets of safety razors (just the blades, of course you have a razor!)
  5. Broken bits of various cadbury’s products sold by the quarter pound
  6. Hapenny chews sold at 4 for a pre-decimal hapenny
  7. Large bottles of red lemonade

WikipediaVision

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Check this out,  near realtime tracking of Wikipedia edits using Google Maps to indicate the author location and article. Big brother just got bigger.