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This is why I’m going prematurely bald
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
For all those people that have asked in the past why it appears to take a long time turning a design into a fully-functioning web page…
I’m afraid I don’t where it’s come from originally. If it’s yours – let me know and I’ll add the appropriate credit.
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
• 1.3 standard railway gauges.
• 8.5 average football (soccer ball) diameters.
• 37 AA batteries end to end.
• 1 Me.
All measure the same height. According to sensibleunits.com anyway.
Sites like this are both fascinating – and useless – in equal measures. Type the thing you want to “convert”, hit return and countless (ok, three) completely useless statistics appear on the right. The system’s clever, recognising ft as feet etc and, well, that’s pretty much all it does.
Pointless you may think?
Well where else can you be told that 100m = 20 male giraffes? That 18 inches = 46 stacked CD cases? Or that 27 yards = 12 Kobe Bryants?
It’s ok, no need to thank me when that information helps you win the local pub quiz.
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
“It was a long weekend for the spring bank holiday
Nothing to do but kick my heels
And the best part is the sun is in the sky
Drinking outside, may I please drink along with you?”
Work: up to date. Clients: happy. Desk: tidy. Ross: out the door…
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
So, things have almost reached the level of “interesting” in the Nantwich and Crewe by-election, with Labour candidate Tamsin Dunwoody basing much of her campaign on slagging-off Tory candidate Edward Timpson, describing him as “a toff”.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
There’s been a lot in the techie press lately about the death of “traditional media”, especially newspapers and magazines. Driving into the Leeds office this morning, I was listening to my favourite podcast This Week in Tech (TWiT as it’s known), when they began discussing the death of newspapers. A topic that, as a former journalist and self-styled “digital media guru”, I have some opinions on.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
I received the following text today:
“Hello from The Orange Shop, New St, Huddersfield. Great news… Your now eligible for upgrade. Call into store today, or simply give us a call…”
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
A new theme for the iPhone that makes it look like it’s running Windows Vista!
I feel like Charlton Heston at the end of Planet of the Apes when he sees the severed head of the Statue of Liberty and not only realises that he’s still on Earth but also that mankind finally carried through all its threats and destroyed itself.
“God damn you all to hell!!”
Why. Would. You. Do. This? No, seriously, why?
Now my Apple-loving credentials are well-established but, honestly, do you need to be a Mac groupie to realise that this is an abomination against all that is good?
What next? Do I have to take a hammer to the hard drive in my MacBook to slow it down and therefore mimic the effect Windows Vista has on computers? Must I disconnect my mouse and keyboard for an hour a day to get that “downtime whilst I virus check my PC” feeling in a show of solidarity for my less-fortunate Windows-using friends?
People, this sick madness must end… now.
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The theory was simple. The Internet would break down the barriers of communication and bring us all closer. It would bridge geographical divides and create a homogenous planet Earth where everybody was one single click away.
