Offline book lending ruining the publishing industry
The RIAA and others use ridiculous headlines such as mine, to try and explain their economic troubles. Piracy is always to blame. Strange that 2009 saw the biggest holiday records broken once again, despite the “rampant” piracy. Here’s a great and humurous perspective on the matter. Apparently, over 2 billion books were “loaned” last year by …
Johnny on the spot
I don’t remember when I first started using the phrase “Johnny on the spot”, but it’s one of my favourite sayings. I use it sparingly, and try to use it appropriately. The grammatical genesis of ‘Johnny on the spot’ cannot be traced very clearly, but the phrase certainly originated from the longer and less expressive …
English Hothouse Cucumbers, and other innapropriate forms of measurement
Maija subscribed us to a number of pregnancy emails regarding the development of our baby. We get a couple of emails each week, updating us with how big the baby may be, and providing advice and various pieces of information. It’s all quite good and informative, except for the sometimes strange choice of fruits or …
Firefox 3 still chews the memory
It seriously does. I provide the following as evidence. This was taken when I had 10 or so tabs open, usual stuff, Gmail, and some other generally light browsing. Insane.
Building of the Lego minifigs
One of things I’m most looking forward to about having a baby is the unavoidable Lego, once the baby levels-up to child. Gizmodo have yet another exclusive Lego video. I don’t recall if I posted the last one… I can’t find it here when I search. Here’s the links. Anyway, the new video is a …
5 most laughable terms of service on the internet
Do you ever actually read the terms of service you agree to, when you sign up for things online? Facebook, Google apps, whatever… You really should. I can’t claim that I do either, but I should. For your enjoyment, via Slashdot. According to these five terms of service and EULA, Google owns any content you …
Facebook – Too many stupid fan pages
Your account has been disabled by an administrator. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our FAQ page here. I’ve decided there are too many fan pages for people I think it’s silly to declare yourself a fan of. The catalyst for me has been Christian leaders and teachers. These are good …
HP = Most wasteful packaging evar.
I came across this story today on The Register, by way of Slashdot. (Yes I know I’ve been reposting a lot of /. news lately. It’s just been good news). I absolutely believe the truth of this tale. Ingram Micro is terrible for excessive packaging, but HP really takes the cake on this one. The …
Marty McFly’s 2015 Nikes coming to a store near you, in 2008
Came across this this morning, via Engadget. Nike is *almost* bringing Marty’s shoes from 2015 back to the past. See what I did there? Anyway. Check it. And then get yourself a copy of the book Jennifer Government, which I just finished reading. It’s a superb piece of fiction, examining an Orwellian style future-present where …