Archive: July, 2002

Adobe Photoshop

I finally slapped down the cash for an upgrade to Photoshop 7.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2002 10:33pm

Airborne

There’s a great picture of Jessica up at The Mirror Project . It was taken about 39,000 feet above Arizona,

Tuesday, July 30th, 2002 12:28am

Warchalking TV

I missed seeing this on the telly but the BBC ran a feature on the warchalkers.

Saturday, July 27th, 2002 1:00am

More geeky fun with RSS

I’ve been like a kid with a new toy ever since I downloaded NetNewsWire Lite.

Saturday, July 27th, 2002 12:23am

clagnut

I got a nice email from Richard Rutter who has a great blog called Clagnut.

Friday, July 26th, 2002 6:16pm

Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black

Here’s a real labour of love. Informative and funny, it’s a look at the history of one typeface: Cooper Black.

Friday, July 26th, 2002 5:22pm

NetNewsWire Lite

If you’re using OS X on a Mac, you should check out this great new application from Ranchero.

Friday, July 26th, 2002 12:03am

Band photos

There’s a local "what’s on?" type magazine here in Brighton called The Source. The next issue of The Source is going to run a feature with a passing mention of my band. Fame at last!

Thursday, July 25th, 2002 9:46pm

iSmell a lawsuit

Compare and contrast.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2002 1:15pm

Books

Time for a quick round-up of some of the books I’ve been reading.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2002 11:30am

One for the Webmonkeys

Geek that I am, I thought it was the funniest thing ever when I saw this sticker on a black drainpipe.

Saturday, July 20th, 2002 11:41pm

Digital Star Wars

I’ve been doing some qualatitive analysis this week. Here are the results of my self-sacrificing work (honestly, the things I do for you)…

Friday, July 19th, 2002 12:38pm

Ellen Feiss

"One more thing", said Steve Jobs as he wound down his keynote speech at the Mac Expo in New York. "Apple are pleased to announce the start of their new online service called ‘Am I Stoned Or Not?’".

Thursday, July 18th, 2002 12:25pm

Apple - iMac

Apple have announced a 17" flat panel iMac. I want one.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2002 3:04pm

Family fumes after being booted from plane

A man was kicked off an America West flight from Phoenix because he enquired as to whether the pilots were sober.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2002 2:30pm

US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies

When I first read this article, I thought it was satire.

Monday, July 15th, 2002 8:37pm

The sounds of Summer

The trip to Somerset went pretty well.

Monday, July 15th, 2002 3:15pm

Goin' up the country

I’m off to Somerset.

Saturday, July 13th, 2002 7:38am

Errorwear: embrace your computer problems

This is very geeky but I love these T-shirts by Errorwear.

Friday, July 12th, 2002 6:13pm

Miscellanous Jokes

From a page of 145 jokes translated from Russian, I found my new favourite at number 58:

Friday, July 12th, 2002 11:31am

Product placement

Jessica and I went to see Minority Report today.

Thursday, July 11th, 2002 10:30pm

Road Signs for Vagabond Computer Users

Yay for Ben Hammersley!

Thursday, July 11th, 2002 1:35pm

Calexico

I went out on Monday night to see Calexico play.

Thursday, July 11th, 2002 10:49am

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report

Once again, Jeffrey Zeldman takes the words right out of my mouth:

Monday, July 8th, 2002 4:16pm

Whorechalking

Tom Coates has put together a site detailing the next logical step up from Warchalking.

Sunday, July 7th, 2002 11:39pm

Irrespective and regardless

Earlier today, sitting in the kitchen, talking with Jessica, I heard myself use the word "irregardless" in conversation.

Saturday, July 6th, 2002 8:14pm

Bar room fall and the pork chop shoes

The first sentence of this news story is just plain weird.

Saturday, July 6th, 2002 10:35am

QDB: Top 50 Quotes

Here are some of the funniest quotes from IM chats.

Friday, July 5th, 2002 3:35pm

The Internet Debacle - An Alternative View

Here’s a great article, written by Janis Ian of all people, on what a huge mistake record companies are making in their approach to MP3s.

Thursday, July 4th, 2002 11:49pm

View my profiles

As I was filling out my details at yet another site today, I began to wonder how many different profiles there are of me out there.

Thursday, July 4th, 2002 10:48pm

Blood art sucks and bloodsucker art

It’s a bad day for questionable art:

Thursday, July 4th, 2002 3:12pm

Home

I’m back and I’m tired.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2002 10:12pm

Goodbye, Arizona

My time here in the desert is coming to an end. It’s time for me to head back to beach life.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002 5:54pm

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