Just don’t bother Whatever happened to not allowing terrorism to change our lifestyle?
Author: Dave Cross
Bizarre Wikipedia Categories
Currently heading my personal list of the strangest Wikipedia categories is Possibly Living People. I came across it because Tom Christiansen has been tagged that way. If there are any Perly Wikipedians around who have seen or spoken to Tom recently then perhaps they could move him to Living People.
Online Shopping
When you are designing a shop, whether online or in the real world, one of the most important design criteria is that you want to make it as easy as possible for your customers to find the products that they want to buy. One of the best counter-examples for this is the London bookshop, Foyles.… Continue reading Online Shopping
Guilty Musical Pleasures
The BBC reports on Q Magazine’s list of “guilty pleasures” – those songs that you secretly love but would never admit to owning. So, go on, admit it. Which of their top ten is on your MP3 player? ELO – Livin’ Thing Boston – More Than A Feeling S Club 7 – Don’t Stop Movin’… Continue reading Guilty Musical Pleasures
Top Of The Pops
Top of the Pops So Top of the Pops finally finished on Sunday. It’ll be sadly missed. Though, of course, like everyone else I’ve discussed it with, I haven’t watched it for about twenty years. BBC Two celebrated on Sunday night with an evening of programmes (well, ok, two or three programmes) about the show.… Continue reading Top Of The Pops
The Play’s the Thing
Two Thousand Years Not sure why, but over the last few years we’ve got out of the habit of going to the theatre. So we’ve decided to do something about that. We have four trips to the theatre booked over the next few weeks. It all started off on Saturday when we went see Two… Continue reading The Play’s the Thing
Warning: Contains Language
Warning: Contains Mild Language UK film classifications have been getting silly over the last couple of years – ever since someone decided that the standard set of certificates didn’t contain enough information. So now, next to the actual certificates, posters will often have further descriptions of the content like “contains fantasy violence” or “contains one… Continue reading Warning: Contains Language
Reading Richard Littlejohn
I should really know better than to read Richard Littlejohn’s rants, but they were discussing this piece over on Daily Mail Watch so I was drawn in and now my blood is boiling. In this article, Littlejohn’s subject is the general ghastliness of Britain and how it’s driving many of its finest citizens (i.e. Daily… Continue reading Reading Richard Littlejohn
It’s (Not) The Real Thing
Interesting story in today’s Guardian about two women in Bristol who are trying to crack the secret recipe of Coca-Cola. The story includes the recipe for their current version which they reckon is pretty close. Interestingly, they’ve released their recipe under the GPL. It’s good to see the GPL moving out from its free software… Continue reading It’s (Not) The Real Thing
PVR Progress
Redeye Remote Thingy My Redeye Remote Thingy arrived yesterday, less than a day after I’d ordered it. It connected up easily and doesn’t actually look as incongruous as it does in the photo. So, as a result, the HDD recorder can now change channels on the cable box. Which is all very exciting. Guide+ is… Continue reading PVR Progress