25.12.05warm & fuzzies
Here’s my favourite Xmas story so far: nauseatingly merry xmas. Hee!
I wrote to my ISP to express my concern about the trend toward further monetizing access to the internet. At first they were bewildered: ___ Dear Adrian Taverner: Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate the opportunity to correspond with you. Upon reviewing the message post you have forwarded to us, [...]
23.12.05skull & xmasbones
Best. Christmas. Ever.
22.12.05greedy idiots at the gate
Another rumble from the dank corridors of corporate agenda. Unless consumers make their opinion known loud and clear we will be facing the demise of the web as we know it. The popular press has dubbed this notion as a “two-tiered internet” but I think that term grossly understates the significance of this trend. “The [...]
Best Xmas ever. The studio party was fun, although veterans say it was the lamest yet. They want more dancing and better food, they say. I dunno. I had a good time. Maigen and I didn’t get to circulate much in the packed room but we were close to the bar so we had supply [...]
19.12.05go firefox
Surely I can be forgiven a certain smugness over the success of my favourite online underdog? Click the link in my sidebar. Go look at Firefox. Ditch your tired ol’ IE. You’ll thank me in the morning.
17.12.05heeheeman
16.12.05trade ya
Fortunes have been built on the idea that one man’s garbage is another man’s gold. Kyle MacDonald is going to turn One Red Paperclip into a house. And the whole world is going to know about it.
14.12.05the view: christmassy
What a great day. My sister has been trying to get a hold of me for a few days. My hours aren’t so much conducive to conversing with Day People at the moment. Nevertheless, we managed to finally touch base: “Your message said you couldn’t mail my present and you needed to talk to me [...]
13.12.05wikipedia targeted
Proof that no matter how nice you are some halfwit somewhere will kick you in the balls sooner than shake your hand: Just about everyone has at least heard of Wikipedia, the user-maintained online encyclopedia which to me represents just about everything noble about the web. It’s been around for years and has recently exploded [...]