Unidentified LOLcat object
Kate Carruthers moar funny pictures via Aide-mémoire
Microsoft Office 2007 Upgrade
I recently upgraded to Microsoft’s Office 2007 and what a pleasant surprise it was! The upgrade process was really easy, the product itself has a really nice user interace, and…
Thomas Paine & the Declaration of the Rights of Man
I am reading Christopher Hitchen’s Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man: A Biography. Paine’s writings were highly influential in creating the world we know today, where equality before the law and…
Gmail crashing in latest version of Firefox
Gmail has been crashing my Firefox since I upgraded to version 2.0.0.11 It is very annoying so I’ve started running IE7 again via Aide-mémoire
How addicted to Apple am I?
During 2007 I have become a fan of Apple – just a Macbook and and Ipod nothing fancy. But they are sooooo easy to use, and sooooo stylish in design.…
Cancelling Commercial Christmas
In my house, somewhat to the consternation of various relatives, we have decided that we are not doing anything for Christmas or on Christmas day. This means no presents, no…
How to tell if your son is a hacker
Some nifty advice on how to work out if your son (not daughter though) is a hacker, Leo Laporte and Martin Sargent of TechTV discuss an article from Adequacy.org (it’s…
SnapShot of twitter.com (rank #3,778), jaiku.com (#25,108), pownce.com (#21,420)
Thanks to Chris Brogan for this link. This is interesting – as mentioned I don’t get pownce; but use jaiku and twitter. My preferences seem to match the stats: twitter,…
LOLcat Bible Translation
This is the funniest thing – a lolcat translation of the bible It includes such gems as 1 Corinthians 13: “(1) iff i talkd wif teh tungz of manz n…
OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world by Robin Harris
This is great commentary on some of the anti-One Laptop discussion recently. Harris makes some good points. I’ve seen on of these PCs and they are beautifully designed and engineered.…