Category Archives: Pointless Futurology

Broadband Tax. A predictable “no!” from me.

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Carps

My boss blogged approvingly about the proposed broadband tax. Predictably (for those who know me) I think the idea sucks. Continue reading →

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Tumblr is better than Twitter. Fact.

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Carps

I’ve been giving Twitter a hard time for ages now. It’s well documented that it is insecure (and I know for a fact that problems that got massive coverage a couple of weeks ago are still going strong) and for me it has no features to speak of… only limitations. Continue reading →

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Shock news just in: Google.co.uk is a bit shit

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Carps

Yeah I know – like the world needs another ‘Google are bastards’ post, but I think Google is biting off more than it can chew. Continue reading →

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The Times goes all Web 2.0 and shit

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Carps

Noticed this little, Digg-style feature on The Times website this morning. Continue reading →

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Miscellany: Google Chrome *is* an O.S., chicks dig racism

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Carps

I said back in September last year that Chrome was basically an OS, and now Google have confirmed as much. Continue reading →

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5 reasons that newspapers will die

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Carps

I was reading a post over on Daggle about newspapers bleating about their dying business model. It reminded me of some special-interest pleading from the hateful ideologue Polly Toynbee in the Guardian. Continue reading →

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