There were tears, there was laughter, there was my G5
The man who proposed outside the beautiful 5th Avenue Apple store reveals how to use your Mac to get married.
Month: May 2006
Sausage, balloon, bum
How Do You Want Me is finally going to be available on DVD, and you owe it to yourself to get a copy. This hugely under-rated sitcom from the late […]
How not to perish under maximum deletion…
…a beginner’s guide. There’s a story my grandfather told me. It’s almost certainly apolcryphal, but I can’t remember the specifics anymore anyway, so what the hell. It concerned the writer […]
Perish Under Maximum Deletion
…yes, you certainly will, especially if you’re supposed to be recording The Age of Steel for the kids, and you allow your conviction that Doctor Who always starts at 7.15 […]
Little Storping Spam Attack
Sorry readers, for the 50 or so spam trackbacks that have appeared tonight. The Little Storping police force are looking into how to make our village safer… All suggestions welcome. […]
That didn’t take long…
Inevitable as it was, I’m a bit surprised at how fast the first article has arrived on Windows on the Macbook.
Apple closes Darwin
Sad bad news for Mac users who believe in open source. Apple have closed down OS X, or at least the Intel version, “for fear of pirates”. This is not […]
Journalists bemused by piano on Ben Nevis
A piano has been “discovered” on top of Ben Nevis. The Guardian is reporting it’s a mystery how it got there over 20 years ago. They link to the John […]
Oh, oh, I want one! I want one!
The new MacBook, completing Apple’s line up of Intel laptops, is everything I hoped (except lighter and cheaper). But in addition: audio in and out BOTH optical AND digital!!! glossy […]
BBC Interview Cabbie By Mistake
When BBC News 24 interviewed a London Cabbie instead of his intended fare, he found himself in front of the cameras being questioned about the Apple vs. Apple verdict, and […]
BAFTA Emergency Response Team
I know it doesn’t work like this, but I like to think of the Academy members behind their sofas watching The Girl in the Fireplace: “This episode is fantastic” cries […]
Camouflage
The froggies like to pretend they’re not there, but they are. You don’t notice, until one of them blinks, that the textured shadow is more froggy than mossy, and then […]