Archive: April, 2002

The Trash Compactor Debate

On the Implausibility of the Death Star’s Trash Compactor:

Tuesday, April 30th, 2002 12:15pm

Apple - eMac

Apple have released a new computer specifically for the education market - the eMac (the "e" is for education).

Tuesday, April 30th, 2002 10:58am

NRA Takes Credit for Bush's Win

This report on the NRA’s 131st annual meeting sounds like something from The Onion.

Sunday, April 28th, 2002 8:55pm

surRealpolitik

Ah, France.

Saturday, April 27th, 2002 11:03am

dooce.com : bootylicious since 2001

Another one bites the dust. Heather Hamilton will no longer be updating her website.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2002 11:23am

New 'Zouk

A couple of weeks ago, I had little disaster at band practice. My bouzouki took a nasty knock and the socket for the pick-up was completely bashed in.

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002 11:02pm

Kisa Hitlers!

Cats that look like Hitler, past and present.

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002 10:39am

Herman Miller: Aeron Chairs

This room is starting to look like a little dot com start-up office.

Monday, April 22nd, 2002 10:05pm

Look, Ma; no wires!

I’ve been trying to get my hands on some airport cards for my Macs for quite some time now. I kept going into the local Apple supplier and pestering them.

Sunday, April 21st, 2002 11:01pm

Respec' to the Queen Mum

I’ve avoided any mention of the Queen Mother here, mostly because it doesn’t interest me in the slightest.

Saturday, April 20th, 2002 12:04pm

Can a Windows guy learn to love the Mac? You bet!

Remember I wrote about the ZDNet journalist who was going to switch over to using a Mac for a month?

Saturday, April 20th, 2002 11:14am

Kaliber10000 { The Good Vibe Provider }

Good news: K10K is back.

Saturday, April 20th, 2002 10:24am

Abston Church of Christ

Amy Hughes has constructed a 75,000 piece LEGO church.

Friday, April 19th, 2002 1:25pm

A thousand words

Jeb has posted some pictures of his trip to Europe.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2002 10:24pm

Best domain name ever

www.We Made Out in a Tree and This Old Guy Sat and Watched Us.com

Tuesday, April 16th, 2002 11:30pm

Hard times

I’m flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence as Jeffrey Zeldman. Mind you, I am referred to as being "british and poetic", neither of which are quite true.

Tuesday, April 16th, 2002 7:23pm

The grocer's apostrophe

While I was in town earlier today, I spotted these stickers posted up on every available surface.

Monday, April 15th, 2002 5:58pm

The Hole In The Wall

Linux Journal has an absolutely fascinating article about an experiment known as "The Hole in The Wall".

Sunday, April 14th, 2002 6:15pm

Andyco.com : : We're Everything to Everybody

Andyco is a frighteningly good parody of a corporate website.

Sunday, April 14th, 2002 3:12pm

Hoopla

I’m completely outraged by the theft of hoopla.com. Apparently, all you need to do is send a fake fax to Network Solutions to have ownership of a domain transfered over to you.

Sunday, April 14th, 2002 11:01am

Celebrity Sighting

I’m sick as a dog right now. I’ve got some kind of cold/flu ailment that involves a raspy throat and copious amounts of phlegm.

Saturday, April 13th, 2002 2:19pm

The Random Masturbation Synonym Generator

Twisting the sheriff and waiting for the posse to come.

Friday, April 12th, 2002 2:29pm

The Mirror Project

Needless to say, while I was in Paris, I took the obigatory photograph in the bathroom mirror at the hotel.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2002 9:46pm

City of Love

I’m back from Paris.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2002 11:21am

Paris in Spring

I’m making a flying visit to Paris this weekend.

Saturday, April 6th, 2002 1:23am

Web Designer Builds Home out of Flash

It’s funny because it’s true:

Saturday, April 6th, 2002 1:08am

All dressed up

I had a meeting with a potential client on Wednesday. This meeting was going to be a bit more formal than what I’m normally used to.

Friday, April 5th, 2002 12:08pm

Diminished Responsibility

Here we go again:

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002 11:20am

When I Was 12...

I’m doing my first major Flash project right now. It’s going to be a website for my band, Salter Cane.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002 9:49pm

What's That Site Running?

"We have the way out" by Unisys and Microsoft tells you, in exchange for your email address, why Unix is a bad choice for hosting your website.

Monday, April 1st, 2002 5:28pm

Google Technology

I love Google, I really do.

Monday, April 1st, 2002 10:25am

Rabbit rabbit.

Monday, April 1st, 2002 9:42am

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