Monthly Archives: December 2007

Charlie Brooker and the Spooky Coincidence

Posted on December 30, 2007 by blogmywiki

I got Dawn of the Dumb, Charlie Brooker’s collection of Guardian columns for Christmas, and I’ve been chuckling my way through it since the big day. This despite the fact that I’m clearly the sort of person Mr Brooker would … Continue reading →

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Heckled

Posted on December 28, 2007 by blogmywiki

Christmas shopping on Covent Garden last week, I got heckled by a street performer. Yes, I got heckled. Covent Garden was heaving, you could hardly move. This street entertainer had an audience of, ooh I think maybe two people. I … Continue reading →

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You don’t need Slash Design

Posted on December 27, 2007 by blogmywiki

Reading The Register’s lengthy but fascinating history of Psion – they could have been TomTom, they could have been Palm, they could even have been the iPod part of Apple – and followed a link to one of their old … Continue reading →

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Tasty waste

Posted on December 15, 2007 by blogmywiki

Today in haste I opened a kitchen cupboard and a bottle of balsamic vinegar and a bottle of soy sauce fell out and smashed on the floor. The floorboards were bathed in a tasty, if crunchy, marinade. It wasn’t the … Continue reading →

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Copyrights and wrongs

Posted on December 14, 2007 by blogmywiki

I’m having an odd argument with Spreadshirt, the normally excellent T-shirt company. I have a Spreadshirt shop – it’s a pretty easy way of making a little bit of money from designing logos and artwork. But now they’ve pulled one … Continue reading →

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