Get it while it’s hot.  List of changes on that page.

I’ll back the first one straight out of the box, updating and synchronising is way faster, almost instantaneous in some cases. Seems to start up faster too.  Adding the Find Feeds option into the file menu is a nice touch for those who didn’t do it on install but now want to see what else is out there.

It just one more thing I love about FeedDemon; almost every minor release or release candidate has a new feature in it that users have requested, unlike most software where it’s just ‘invisible bug fix x fixed‘.

The Glue Society, the creative agency that came up with the great molten ice-cream van for last years’ Sculpture By the Sea, has produced a series of 4 photographs depicting biblical scenes from the perspective of a Satellite photo called God’s Eye View.  The photos depict the garden of Eden, Noah’s Ark as the waters begin to recede, the parting of the Red Sea & the crucifixion of Jesus.  This is the same creative agency that did the ‘no-one thinks big of you‘ campaign for the RTA and the Chaser’s international billboard campaign.

Glue Society’s creative director Jonathan Kneebone, not one to shy away from controversy, has said that 

God’s Eye View was not intended to be a theological statement. "Art has always depicted religious events and this is simply a new way to do it," he said. "We’re playing with the whole idea that if you can capture something from a satellite it must exist."

The images are really quite impressive, constructed from multiple images as they are.  For example the sides of the pulled-back red sea are actually shots of Niagara Falls & some of the Garden of Eden is constructed from shots in Belgium (does that make Belgium Heaven on earth?)

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From auDA:

auDA, the .au Domain Administrator, today announced the 1 millionth .au domain name had been registered.

"We are pleased to announce that the 1 millionth .au domain registration is elite-finance.com.au" said Chris Disspain, auDA’s CEO. "We congratulate the Registrant of elite-finance.com.au for being part of this momentous occasion."

Adrian Kinderis, Managing Director of AusRegistry, the Registry Operator and wholesale provider for all commercial and non-commercial .au domain names concurs, "We too offer our congratulations, 1 million .au domains is a huge achievement for the .au namespace and for Australian internet users. It was only 5 years ago the tally was close to 250,000."

You really don’t see the growth in domain names that you see in other countries, especially the US, due to auDA’s very strict registration policies.  This is either a good thing or  a bad thing depending on your perspective.  Doubling in size in 5 years isn’t exactly amazing growth, but given the regulation of the market, it is a positive sign.

I’d like to see some data on the breakdown of those domains, what type of domains (com.au, net.au, org.au, etc.), what’s the actual growth rate & is it increasing or decreasing. That would give us a better picture of how the market is going.