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JackCola.org 2011: A Year In Review

I started this website back in August 2009 to be an online portfolio to promote myself. Over the years, when I found an interesting topic, I Blogged about it, and currently I have just over 150 articles, and 15 product review posts – which isn’t really much when you think about it. Nevertheless, this is

The Ultimate Collection of 63+ Unintentional But Funny Domain Names With A Double Meaning

They’re called Slurls – Domain Names with the wrong, or unintentional meaning. These domain names don’t mean to be wrong, but if you don’t capitalise the correct work in the domain name, your domain name and website could be a laughing stock. My favourite Slurl would have to be the Australian ISP WeBone.com.au which has

One Thing Facebook Should Do To Take It To The Next Level

Having 800 million people one website is truly amazing, and to have personal information about all 800 million people is a goldmine (only to a few people). Essentially, Facebook could almost be considered as a digital, public accessible database of people all over the world. As The Onion News Network puts it, Facebook is a

What Did Australian’s Search For Most In 2011 on Google

In December every year, Google creates a Zeitgeist list of the hottest search trends on Google, and last week Google published Australia’s Top Google Searches of 2011. Check out the top two keywords in the following categories: Fastest Rising Search Terms in 2011 – iPhone 5, Minecraft 2010 – Chatroulette, Formspring Top Food Search Terms

Have You Ever Heard of iDosing Before? It’s a Digital, Downloadable Drug

Disclaimer: I don’t condone people taking any form of drugs they are not legally entitled too. The purpose of this is to make people aware of the concept iDosing. I always thought that for someone to take drugs, they’d either need to take it orally or inject it into their system, but last year, a

What Happens To Your Online Accounts When You Die?

We all have multiple email accounts, Facebook, eBay, PayPal; and the more time we spend on the internet, the more accounts we signup too. But 50, 100 years down the track, there will be a point when we all inevitable die. So what actually happens to all the online content we produce, and the services

Win An iiNet BoB2 and Wireless Bridge [Competition]

Update: This competition has now ended. Thanks to all that participated! The winners were Nickolas – BoB2; and Alicia – Wireless Bridge It’s that time again where I have a Bob2 and a Wireless Bridge from iiNet to giveaway to lucky readers of JackCola.org. This competition is a follow on from the Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock