Archive for July, 2006

Late Book Reviews - Part 1

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

I remember - back in the mists of time - when I had the idea of writing small reviews of the books I’d read every couple of months, as a reminder to myself more than anything else since I like looking back at what I’ve read every so often and yet have no memory. Well, [...]

Plumbing New Depths

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Combining movies, ridiculous Internet memes, maths and T-Shirts into one gloriously wonderful pile of Nerd:

Sinister Social Networking

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Various articles on Social Networking sites, in ascending order of creepiness:
1) Charlie Brooker has the same “Am I missing something” reaction to MySpace that I had.
2) Facebook as the new “old boys network?”
3) The NSA is funding research into harvesting the highly personal data that people post about themselves on social networking sites. This [...]

Paper^WCan Mario

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

In honour of the fact that I’ve spent the majority of today playing the New Super Mario Bros game on the DS, have a photo of a Mario constructed entirely out of food cans and crisp packets. (No, I don’t know why it was made. The mystery is more enjoyable than the resolution, and all [...]

Short Shameful Confession

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Since it’s too freakin’ hot to do anything involving movement, I’ve been looking for more books to read. I came across this link to an Authors on the Web where they’re collecting recommended reading lists from various authors, which sounded promising. But!, I slowly realised that I don’t recognise any of the authors on the [...]

I’m Melllttttiiiinnng

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Sweet Zombie Jeebus, the weather is trying to kill me. Send ice cream, air conditioning units and all of your money!
(and furthermore…)