September 2009
“You’re fucking with the binaural beats.”
IT’S →
“I don’t need to feed you - you’re dead.”
Buying a Buff Online →
Before I tell you about the experience of buying a Buff online, from the manufacturer’s own site, I should probably explain what a Buff actually is, for those who haven’t already spent time in…
Evernote: Making Searchable Without Reading →
As impressive as Evernote’s ability to read handwriting (even my awful scrawl, occasionally) is, there was always something about it that didn’t seem quite right. Firstly, that it could recognise…
Dear iTunes, please read the ‘Remember password for purchasing’ tick box carefully. You may have misunderstood one of the words.
Happy birthday, Google.
Nice moment today, when I found out that I really *didn’t* eat any poo. Bit of a relief, that.
Free →
Pretty In Puke →
“Good girl. Good girl, well done.” “Has she shit on Michael Parkinson?” “…no.”
Best Book Idea Ever? →
Tried to watch that Windows 7 Launch Party video. On my Mac. Took the power out for the whole flat. Macs don’t show Microsoft ads.
I know it’s only 19:00, but if the power keeps cutting out, I *will* go to bed.
Dust Storm in Australia – Boston.com →
For any major event, The Boston Globe seem to gather the best photos, and present them well – here’s their photoset for the huge dust storm that hit Sydney: …
When did bad spelling become the same thing as personality?
Snow Leopard tip: Minimize to icon →
Green Panel →
The Lesser Of Two Buttocks →
Stop Eating For How Long? →
Evernote and Notebooks →
After my recent success with getting Evernote to read my handwriting, I was wondering why it was doing so badly on some scanned Moleskines. It looks like it can’t read things on squared paper….
Lick →
A Day of Finding Things →
When we sold our house, one of the first places we had a shopping spree was Cotswold, the outdoors shop. Even with out new-found wealth, I shied away from the price of the coats I liked the look of,…
Late shopping: a leafy green Buff, and a new Fenix torch. What better way to end the weekend? Deliveries to look forward to during the week.
“Its translucent color so alluring and taste and aroma so gentle and
mellow offer admiring feelings of a graceful lady.” -Muscat Gummi
…wonder why we never got around to ripping this CD… …<opens empty case>… …oh… I think that’s the third time with that CD now.
Lasagne has been eaten.
#piratepens Shiver me Tombows http://bit.ly/19EEBU
#piratepens Uni-ball POSCArrrr ( @uniball_uk )
#piratepens Zebrarrrr Sharrrrbo http://bit.ly/13OMRo
#piratepens Staedtler Arrrrs Plastic Eraser http://bit.ly/1rQ0Jg
#priatepens Pelikan Super Pirat
#piratepens Sailor, of course. http://bit.ly/13dpKB
#piratepens Aurorarrrr http://bit.ly/827HH
#piratepens Sailor Ink Barrrrr http://bit.ly/FkjDP ( @jetpens )
Why are we celebrating Talk Like a Pirate day a day early? Because we arrrrr.
Things move unexpectedly in the night. Penguins *and* zebras.
Hidden Fish →
Fish. More entertaining as pets than we expected. We have a small to medium-sized tank, and two fish that are becoming quite large. Our shubunkin is over 15cm long now. They have an airstone, a…
Instapaper →
Instapaper is a pretty simple idea – click their bookmark, and the page you’re looking at is grabbed by their server, and fed to your iPhone (or iPod Touch) when you next sync the app. The app on…
If Lottery Tickets Told the Truth →
Review: Nomadic Roller Pencil Case →
Testing Posterous →
Posterous lets you post stuff by emailing their service – it passes it on to Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Flickr, YouTube, and lots of others. I’m just testing it at the moment, so you probably want to…
Waa! Spider! Waa!
We bought paper, ink, and a cutter, for making prints. The cost was around twice what the printer should have cost, had it not been free.