My girlfriend is a partner in a small print and design business. As such, she has a company credit card – but it usually only sees service to buy stamps and other minor things. She’s finally decided that it’s time …
Read moreWhat have they done to Bitzer?
I’m going to come out of the toy-chest here and reveal that I watch Shaun The Sheep. Yes it might nominally be a kids’ show, but if you think of it as “Wallace and Gromit Lite” then it’s not a …
Read moreThat porridge is too cold. This porridge is too hot.
But I can’t seem to find any porridge that is just right. Except that for “porridge” you should read “software”, and for “too hot” read “too expensive”. For years now it’s been possible to request CDs of Ubuntu releases, which …
Read moreFoxy fonts of the future
Any web developer who’s ever tried to introduce an old-school graphic designer to the ins and outs of web design will know how easy it is to make their brain melt and trickle out of their ears. One of the …
Read moreWorld of Goo – pay what you want
Or more specifically pay whatever you think it’s worth – for this week at least. I’ve got the WiiWare version, and have to say that it is a great game – well worth the full asking price. If you don’t …
Read moreDVD Menu Overkill
Previously in My Green Life… ‘I own a lot of DVD box sets…’ ‘…tediously animated DVD menus…’ ‘Worse still are those that drop you straight into a graphical “chapter selection” screen…’ Thank goodness I managed to jump out of the …
Read moreSpoiler Alert!
I own a lot of DVD box sets of various TV programmes – some of them long-running affairs spanning several years when originally broadcast, and featuring characters who leave, return, leave again, and crop up for the occasional surprise appearance. …
Read moreDo you like Kipling?
The correct answer to this question is, of course, “I don’t know – I’ve never kippled.” But hoary old chestnuts aside, there are two Kiplings of note here in the UK. The first – Rudyard Kipling – was an author …
Read moreNonimation
No, it’s not a misspelling of “Nomination”. It’s just me wondering if the English language needs a new word. It’s common to see the word “decimate” being used in reference to a near-complete destruction. Dictionary pedants are quick to point …
Read moreThe Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Yesterday’s post was just a precursor to this one, to explain why I’m so behind the times in writing about The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. The reason goes something like this… Phantom Hourglass was released in October 2007, and …
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