Archive: March, 2002

Ketchup Packet Bear

Picture an attacking polar bear fashioned out of tomato ketchup packets:

Sunday, March 31st, 2002 2:39pm

Backwash Blowback

It looks like I owe Starbucks an apology.

Friday, March 29th, 2002 5:35pm

iLife is an iBeach

Here’s a cute pixaresque movie of iMacs limbo dancing on an iBeach.

Thursday, March 28th, 2002 8:18pm

J.E.R.E.M.Y.

Journeying Electronic Replicant Engineered for Mathematics and Yardwork

Wednesday, March 27th, 2002 11:36pm

FilmWise

I’ve just spent hours trying to figure out what films these invisible people are in.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2002 11:16pm

Paying lip-service to usability

Here’s an article about usability in The Guardian.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2002 11:17am

New Arrival

Jessica’s iMac arrived yesterday.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2002 1:02pm

Backwash

I can’t believe the idiotic behaviour of Starbucks.

Sunday, March 24th, 2002 11:45pm

Nitpicking

The movie "Wall Street" is on television right now. The film is set in the year 1985 yet in an early scene a trader makes a reference to the Challenger disaster which happened in 1986.

Sunday, March 24th, 2002 11:12pm

CNN, CIA, See No Evil

CNN really need to get a fact checker.

Sunday, March 24th, 2002 1:58pm

Flo Control

Face recognition software is, it’s well known, crap.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2002 4:51pm

Apple - Bluetooth

It wasn’t all bad news from Apple this week. This USB Bluetooth adapter looks very interesting.

Friday, March 22nd, 2002 11:34pm

iMac Price Hike

It looks like Jessica ordered her iMac just in time.

Thursday, March 21st, 2002 4:40pm

Ask Netsol

This is too much…

Thursday, March 21st, 2002 4:27pm

Pong: The Text-Based Game

There are many online emulators of classic arcade games.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2002 2:18pm

Invoice Past Due Letters

Here’s some proactive product placement marketing.

Monday, March 18th, 2002 6:02pm

Bodiam Castle pictures

I’ve just spent a nice sunny Sunday at beautiful Bodiam Castle and I’ve got the pictures to prove it.

Sunday, March 17th, 2002 10:04pm

Which HTML tag are you?

Excellent! I am the <style> tag:

Saturday, March 16th, 2002 8:03pm

Steak 'n' eggs

I just love this picture:

Friday, March 15th, 2002 7:35pm

Booklend: A Lending Library By Post

I like this:

Thursday, March 14th, 2002 8:42pm

Bush or chimp?

Planet Of The Apes.

Thursday, March 14th, 2002 1:15am

Cheese Racing

You know it’s only a matter of time until this is an Olympic sport.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 1:04am

Episode II Teaser Trailer: Clone War

Excuse while I indulge in a moment of geekness.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 12:58am

Cat Hospital starring Frank the Cat

You can keep an eye on the progress of poor Frank the cat who has become something of a celebrity:

Monday, March 11th, 2002 10:24pm

Fame at last

Welcome visitors from Kottke.org - have a look ‘round, make yourselves at home.

Sunday, March 10th, 2002 7:46pm

Creationists in Gateshead

It looks the Bible Belt now extends to England.

Sunday, March 10th, 2002 3:28am

Trout Thursday

Only 327 days to go.

Saturday, March 9th, 2002 12:57pm

Sierra Vista Piracy

Oh dear, oh dear. This is just wrong.

Friday, March 8th, 2002 1:00pm

The Big Lebowski Random Quote Generator

Re-live some of the best moments of the Coen Brothers. Random pearls of wisdom from the lips of The Dude and company:

Friday, March 8th, 2002 12:41pm

Coffeehouse

Coffeehouse is a nicely designed site. It’s a place to share and critique poetry.

Friday, March 8th, 2002 12:29pm

Text Editor Love

I love BBEdit, too. I’ve never composed a song in its honour, though:

Thursday, March 7th, 2002 11:55pm

Flashy Accessibility

I attended two of Macromedia’s seminars over the last couple of days.

Thursday, March 7th, 2002 11:48pm

Bag Tax

It’s about time: a tax on plastic bags is being introduced in Ireland:

Tuesday, March 5th, 2002 2:31am

Macromedia Unveils Macromedia Flash MX

Flash 6 …sorry… Flash MX is about to be released.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2002 2:01am

Domesday Book outlives electronic version

The Domesday Book, commissioned by William The Conqueror, is 1016 years old. It is still readable today.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002 8:24pm

Information Wants to Be Worthless

Here’s a great article by Bruce Sterling who’s going to be speaking at the South by Southwest festival in his native Austin.

Saturday, March 2nd, 2002 4:42pm

Cross-Platform Testing

There’s a new article up at A List Apart on cross-platform testing on the Mac.

Saturday, March 2nd, 2002 1:42pm

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