Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people waste their lives telling each other about their shockingly tedious days reduces my vocabulary to four letter words — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Yay, I've joined the SpaceFace / MyBook revolution.
N.B. The views expressed herein are not my own: they have been carefully shaped by a barrage of mainstream media propaganda and fill-in-the-blanks guesswork. Also, I'm prone to lying for the sake of entertainment.
Label paranoia
· 218 words (munches less than a minute)Look left. Look right. Look dead ahead. Arrrgh! The fashion clones are taking over the town.
Word wrap vs line cut
· 48 words (devours less than a minute)Note to email client providers: sometimes it’s better to wrap than to truncate, to avoid potential confusion.
We can't connect to Outlook
[20 comments] · 646 words (vacuums up about 3 mins)Ever since Microsoft forced “new Outlook” on everybody to replace Hotmail, users have been plagued with daily connection issues. The company maintain it’s not their fault.
Corporation speak with forked tongue
· 796 words (sucks up about 4 mins)Beware the auto-update. Beware the helpdesk. Companies make mistakes and give bad advice all the time, it seems.
In reflow we trust
[3 comments] · 729 words (sucks up about 4 mins)Sometimes it pays to ignore “experts” and do independent research. Especially when those experts are Apple employees who want to sell you a new Macbook or over-inflated spares.
Pythagoras makes pizza too
· 193 words (vacuums up less than a minute)From the bewildering array of toppings to the decision about which size to order, the world of the spherical rolled dough base is caught in a tangle of marketing confusion.
Marketing fun
· 164 words (devours less than a minute)Even though we’re in some kind of economic depression, it’s time to rid ourselves of the advertising long faces and inject some fun into selling.
Myopic Google glasses
· 232 words (sucks up about 2 mins)To find out what the future holds for Google’s foray into wearable mobile gadgetry, we turn to… Steve Martin.
