Snippets for 2008-07-31

  • Garfield minus Garfield is getting a book, with the original comics alongside the doctored ones: http://tinyurl.com/4ul2wv #
  • PerversionTracker is back, showcasing the very worst of Mac software, concentrating on iPhone dreck. http://perversiontracker.com/ #
  • Judging by comments for some of my recent online articles, the word ‘faff’ isn’t universally known. My mission is to change this in 2008! #

July 31, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2008-07-28

  • The New York Times finally lays to rest the rumours about the health of Steve Jobs: http://tinyurl.com/5ahwy9 #
  • My report for Cult of Mac about mainstream Britain increasingly embracing Macs, now including Argos: http://tinyurl.com/55ndp3 #
  • IK+ is now on Virtual Console, presumably confusing under-30s everywhere. It’s a fab game, though, if you look past the dated graphics. #

July 28, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2008-07-22

  • Empire compares the Watchmen trailer with the original book. I think it all looks very generic comic book movie. http://tinyurl.com/6xf5e2 #
  • So will The Academy have the guts to give WALL•E a proper Oscar nod, rather than dumping it in Best Animated Feature? Will they balls. #
  • Wordle creates word clouds from RSS feeds. Quite nice to see ‘gnh’ included in Revert to Saved’s one. Wordle is at http://wordle.net/create #

July 22, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2008-07-18

  • Sega bloke claims iPhone is as powerful as the Dreamcast. We await iPhone Crazy Taxi with bated breath. http://tinyurl.com/5j9kbz #

July 18, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2008-07-17

  • Apparently, the Top Gear waiting list is a mere 21 years long, with over 330,000 names on it. http://tinyurl.com/5u3md9 #
  • Twitter Tools is now working perfectly on Revert to Saved. The previous snag? Typing in the wrong password for Twitter. Oops. #
  • And now Twitter Tools appears to be dead. What’s that I hear about tempting fate? Gnh. #
  • My Mac Pro’s finally back. Now I just need time to turn the thing back on, copy across all my email and stuff, and cross my fingers… #
  • iPhone cocktails app, perfect for posh (well, posh-ish) drunkards: http://cocktails.cocktaildb.com/ #
  • Lots of new gigs up on Wire’s website: http://www.pinkflag.com/ – should go down well, along with the fab new album, Object 47. #
  • Quick shout-out to online chum Mimi’s Eskimimi venture at http://www.eskimimi.com/ – check out the most excellent ‘zombees’. #

July 17, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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