Category Archives: misc

My Name Is Redneck

By dom | Published: 2008-06-29

Due to a perfectly healthy addiction to My Name Is Earl (I discovered it late) I now have a perfectly unhealthy desire to listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Frighteningly, they have a cruise! Maybe it’s been going on for a while and I just missed it too…

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Bredbyn

By dom | Published: 2008-04-22

Did you ever notice that the bread from Ikea is made in a place called Bredbyn in Sweden? ;)

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Analogue watch for the linux geek in your life…

By dom | Published: 2008-04-05

Nice watches on ebay at Poljot Watches, and if you’re a penguin-bothering type of geek, especially this one, with 24-hour dial and penguins!

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Open all hours

By dom | Published: 2008-03-23

Trying to buy a Wifi connection card last night (or this morning, to be precise) I got a message from Telefonica’s online shop: “Store open between 12:00 and 07:00″! What, the shopkeeper needs some downtime? I’ll refrain from saying “bloody typical”. Oops, just did…

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Starting as I mean to go on.

By dom | Published: 2008-01-01

Uh-oh, a few hours into 2008 and I’m searching for wifi access points in Manchester. I’m not sure if that’s a good omen or a bad one. Anyway, Happy New Year and if you’re a client, as you can see I’m just as connected as usual. (And BTOpenzone… steep! Need to get sorted for Fon [...]

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'Tache-tastic!

By dom | Published: 2007-12-25

Thanks to Tom for this story on upper lips stiffened by a bit (or a lot) of furniture.

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Back to the future with ecorevelado!

By dom | Published: 2007-10-07

Like the last 10 years never happened: “A new Sales channel: INTERNET.” It goes on: “You’ll have access to our website, like a directory, so that clients can find you…” What will they think of next? Seen at Sonimagfoto, which I have to say was very disappointing, compared to the last time I went, which [...]

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Microscope marketing

By dom | Published: 2007-09-25

I like this. Nice.

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Hmmm, tasty!

By dom | Published: 2007-09-25

There’s this little Japanese bar on Muntaner just above Mallorca and I’d always seen it from the bus and thought I really must go there. Well, finally I did. I wish I hadn’t waited so long! The name is Catalan (Una Mica de Japó) but the place is as authentic as I can imagine, taking [...]

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Talking of CSS…

By dom | Published: 2007-09-13

I should really update the theme for this blog!

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