Archive for September, 2008
“Sarah Palin” on Saturday Night Live
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
God bless Saturday Night Live.
The weekly satirical sketch show has never really taken off in the same way in the UK. Yes we had the Ben Elton-fronted “Saturday Live” in the 80s and 90s. And, as much as I love “Bremner, Bird and Fortune” it’s not the same.
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Embrace social media, don’t manipulate it
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
I started writing a lengthy post to go with this cartoon – but decided the single frame summed it up much better than I ever could.
Kudos goes to Rob Cottingham for, yet again, hitting the nail firmly on the head. See more of his work.

The train wreck now arriving at Platform One is driven by Sarah Palin
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Oh my God. This could be a disaster.
It isn’t a question of politics. Nor is it a matter of which side of the political divide on which you sit. But the idea of having Sarah Palin one missed heartbeat away from the most-powerful job in the world scares the hell out of me. And it should you too.
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I didn’t realise things were *that* bad in the States
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Just catching up with news on the BBC News web site and I was struck by this paragraph in a story relating to the huge cash injection George Bush Jr is trying to get through.

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Falling in love with iTunes – all over again
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
I’m like a kid on Christmas morning after unwrapping a brand-new shiny red bike. Continue reading...
Google Chrome and why I hate IE6
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
So, today’s big news was that – after years of rumours – Google has launched it’s own web browser, Google Chrome (Windows only at the moment – grrr!).
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