Finding the chase and cutting to it

OK, this is a little trip down memory lane and one I am more than happy to share. It is not meant to be a “follow this and reap the rewards” more a comparison of how things used to be… Basics My first programme was 10 print “Sam” 20 goto 10 it produced a screen […]

money for God’s sake… The life of any web page has always been judged on three things: accessibility of information ease on the mind ease on the mouse anything else is a bonus.  Image my surprise then when Cuil was launched.  Black is the new white it seems… I mean, Google won users by being […]

I’m guessing lots. I got an eyefull of the new Sony eBook reader today and was seriously impressed – but I’m not convinced it’s something I would rush out to buy. Maybe I’m not their target audience – to me a book is something I can lounge in a boiling hot tub with and I’m not […]

Hi, I know, it’s been a while. We’ve had some major changes here due to economic climate change (no, really, it’s real and it’s here)… It’s been slowly rolling on but the main disruption we had, was the loss of our broadband access and this site. Painful. People, broadband is essential: we coped (just) by […]

I’ve lost my broadband connection: I know, careless really. Given that fixed line broadband takes five working days to install, I was nearly going out of my mind. I was given a lot of help by my friends in how to restablish my status – thank you all but I ended up getting a stop […]

OK, I’ve gone back to work having taken a week as leave and realise just how creepy Michael Marshall Smith’s “What you make it” really is! It’s beautifully written (my favourite story is the “Man who drew cats”) it’s all believable and tangible and maybe that’s the problem. Maybe it would be easier to read […]