Blog, Funny, Internet, Language

3. Profit.

22/04/2008

Made-up statistics suggest that 43% of all Internet communication is the simple recitation and repetition of catchphrases, script snippets and sketches from popular TV programmes.  I’m not taking about random...

Blog, Culture, Internet, Language

Banned Phrases of 2008

03/04/2008

Remember my super previous posting “Banned Phrases of 2007”.  Well this is exactly the same, but for 2008.  DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?  By the way, what I...

Blog, Internet, Technology

When Macs Don’t Start Properly

26/03/2008

What would you do if your Mac refused to start Finder and dropped you into Darwin, it’s UNIX  command prompt? Panic? Scream?  Swear?  Or would you smugly take out your...

Blog, Current Events, Internet, Technology

MS Office goes Online. Sort of.

07/03/2008

Microsoft are beta testing a document sharing and viewing service that integrates directly with your desktop version of Office.  Office Live Workspace is sort of like Google Docs, except you have to...

Blog, Current Events, Internet, TV and Film

Star Trek:Phase II – The First Professional Fan Film?

04/03/2008

Fan produced Star Trek series Phase II may not be as fannish as it first seemed. A statement issued by director Marc Zicree suggests a level of professional involvement in...

Blog, Internet

Map of the Internet

29/02/2008

When I look at this image, I wish it had been rendered and presented in a 3D format I could grab, rotate and zoom in on… There’s just too much...

Blog, Funny, Internet

Things I Wish I’d Thought of – No. 2536

20/01/2008

Funniest thing of 2008, so far…

Blog, Internet

Make Your Own Magazine

19/11/2007

As someone who makes a serviceable if paltry living out of writing for various magazines, news that Google plan to get into publishing would seem on the surface to be...

Blog, Internet

And Finally…

13/10/2007

A story about Internet dating that’s actually worth reading: The Life and Death of Jesse James

Blog, Internet, Music

Pick a Side

24/07/2007

In today’s Guardian, there’s a Q and A with Aimee Mann, which includes these reactionary snippets: What’s the greatest threat to music?Music downloads and CD burning.  If music is free,...