Archive for the 'misc' Category

The Economist on Americanisms

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004

I had very quickly skimmed the web excerpt of The Economist Style Guide but I’d missed the section on Americanisms which is hilarious. Pointed out by BeSpacific

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

Who hates dubbed films? I do. Series are even worse.

Wednesday, February 18th, 2004

An ad I quite liked, seen on tucows:

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

Phew! Finally, a new version of my CV. I know the world has been waiting!

Tuesday, September 9th, 2003

“Fray Day is an annual celebration of true storytelling that takes place in cities all over the globe on the same weekend.” All over the globe? 1 location (ONE) is not USA. Now, maybe I’ve got this wrong and there are other events all over the globe but it certainly doesn’t look like it.

Friday, August 29th, 2003

So, it looks like I’ll not be signing in to MSN messenger service any more. Not legally, anyway…

Sunday, August 3rd, 2003

Lost in translation. Or not: Upa Con Tampax!

Friday, August 1st, 2003

He’s at it again: Snapster 2.0 is the follow up to the previous Son Of Napster. I haven’t even read it yet. But this is a blog, so I’m supposed to quote stuff without reading it.

Friday, July 25th, 2003

This is interesting: Son of Napster, in which Robert X. Cringely looks into alternative methods to share music, legally. Maybe.

Friday, July 11th, 2003

Those damn cows… the only ones to actually particpate in the “6000 sites in 6 hours” lark. Loose cows cause hacking mayhem.