Category Archives: Technology

We trading something for nothing.

Recently, my Kindle bit the dust. I’d been getting quite into the Kindle thing – reading it in the bath… downloading books on an ad-hoc basis… using it to browse the web. There is a remorseless logic to the digitisation … Continue reading

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Best Games Ever

I’ve lost my yen for games and gaming. On top of being Britain’s Best Dad, frontman to Britain’s best slightly shit unknown beat combo, a gifted cartoonist and eating too many biscuits I am also a semi-technophobe who can’t really find … Continue reading

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Three.co.uk and their shitty customer service can go hang themselves

As you may have gathered from a couple of grumbly posts recently, I am less than enamoured with my piece-of-shit phone. So much so that I am intending to join the 21st century and get myself an iPhone. Now, if … Continue reading

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Note to Windmills: Thanks for Nowt

I took my kids to Eureka the other day. Frankly, it was ace. There were little streets for them to play in, things to touch and press and twist and pedal and generally have a cracking good time. As we … Continue reading

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OK Go are the most important band of the last 10 years

Firstly, if you’re not familiar with the band, check them out. During the making of the White Album, the Beatles played every song to death. There are mouldering tapes of ‘Revolution’ marked ‘Take 168′. 168 takes! Imagine! Even a deceptively … Continue reading

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The New Twitter vs. Google

Google has, for most of us, been the only way to find information on the internet for the best part of a decade. Their model is simple, even if the technology isn’t: Index every page on the internet Determine what … Continue reading

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