Category Archives: internet

Dreams come true

I kept dreaming of a new kind of laptop. I kept drawing it and doodling it. It would be about the size of an A4 sheet of paper, have Wifi, run some kind of Linux and – crucially – have … Continue reading

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I Love Macs

Charlie Brooker has written a very funny article in The Guardian about how he hates Macs, hates the people who use them and even hates the people who think about using them. (Ironically the web version is surrounded by the … Continue reading

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Parma ham, ham, ham, ham, ham

I’ve started getting a lot of spam on this blog. All of it from Italy. What would Jamie Oliver would think?

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A blogger blogs, always

Well, actually no. It strikes me that many bloggers feel they must Blog Come What May, even if that means that most of their posts run to this format: person A has done something cool; person B has noticed this … Continue reading

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BNP vs BBC

So, the BNP two have been acquitted of inciting racial hatred. Some commentators have drawn comparisons between this and the case of Mizanur Rahman, who was recently found guilty of inciting racial hatred at a rally against the Danish cartoons. … Continue reading

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