Archive for 2008

Only just started using gmail - I’m such a luddite

I’ve been getting sick of the Thunderbird spam filter - too much seems to get through. So I’ve moved over to gmail. What a great spam filter it has.
So now gmail goes off to my pop3 accounts. And I access gmail through imap in Thunderbird.
Any email worth keeping goes off to the local thunderbird folders. […]

Poem: Shiny Moon

I was looking up at the moon last night. The moon was full and very bright.
And I wondered what would make it glow Because there’s nothing up there to make it so.
It has stones and rocks and rubble, It has dust as well, but nothing shineable […]

The Journey to Llama mountain starts …

…like any journey, with an argument.
 
"What’s that?"
"What?"
"That?"
"This?"
"Yes!"
"That’s my key."
"Key? What’s it the key to?"

AAAARGH Comment Spam

I have far too many blogs, and I haven’t been very good at trimming out all the comment spam, but I thought I’d boost my diligence quota and get in there and mark the spam.

blog 1 - 130 comments (all spam), ok that didn’t take long
blog 2 - 90 comments (all spam), easy peasy
blog 3 […]

Get a Free Berocca Blogger Relief Pack

On a cold and rainy October morning when I was off sick with a flu, the postman got me out of my sickbed and presented me with a big box at the door. I had forgotten what it could possibly contain but when I opened it I was pleasantly surprised to have received a Berocca […]

Film Review: The King Of Kong - a fistful of quarters

I hope you don’t have to be a retro gamer to enjoy this film but I can’t really say that since I love retro games. But this great film shows the dedication it takes to hit the top scores on these video games. Billy Mitchell does not come out of the film very well […]

Book Review: Problogger by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett

So who wouldn’t want to get a six figure income from their blog? Well this book promises you the secrets. More specifically Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett offer this to the reader.
So the book takes the reader through the journey of each of the authors, with lessons interspersed. Many of which you will already […]

Film Review: Be Kind Rewind

Anyone who has set themselves the challenge of trying to make a film using a linear editing process i.e. your only editing process is the rewind and record buttons, can relate to this film
After Jack Black manages to magnetise himself and then erase all the films in the video store. He and Mos De […]

No clicky pens at seminars please

I went to a seminar tonight. What a waste of time that was. But the most annoying thing for me? Those free ballpoint pens they give out to everyone. Why would anyone with any ounce of sanity choose to give clicky ball point pens out to people. Half the idiots in the hall spend their […]

Book Review: The Pseudonomicon by Phil Hine

Phil Hine’s classic book on Chaos Magic - who knew Cthulhu could prove such fun?
I read this book many moons ago so I re-read it for fun and then again for this review and I had forgotten how good this jolly little text reads.
Let no-one fool you into thinking that this book’s depth comes […]