May
28
2008
Lidl for the most delightful pasta, shaped like the ringlets on a step-dancer. I’ve never seen anything like it — basically  it’s spaghetti length but corkscrewing all the way. Official name: fusilli lunghi. Fabulous.
May
27
2008
I’ve stepped down from my radio tech slot on Newstalk, though I will really miss working with George and all the regular guests, a great group of guys. I am putting that time towards my upcoming podcasts, which are sloooowly coming together. It is just hard to fit it all in — this was to [...]
May
27
2008
I’d forgotten this, unfortunately — but Apple’s Mail programme has the peculiar feature of deleting all the email associated with an account when you delete the account, unlike just about every other mail programme out there. That means that if you are troubleshooting a connection and delete it (to get rid of the settings) then [...]
May
24
2008
A Curta mechanical calculator simulator.
May
23
2008
Google has launched its Google Sites, a wiki constructor, for the general public, extending availability beyond business users. I am off to go experiment a bit — this looks great for networking friends, colleagues, family. You can check out some useful sample sites there on the main page, to get the creative juices on the [...]
May
19
2008
Tie 45 weather balloons to one, sit down, cut the tether and fly away into the sky, to be spotted at 16,000 feet by pilots. I had hoped he had a can of beer in the little holder on the armrest but he apparently just took along a bottle of soda, a parachute and a BB [...]
May
15
2008
Sanford “Spamford” Wallace had kind of gone off the radar screen for a while. One of the more notorious spammers from the net’s early days, he then supposedly went white hat and warm and cuddly. Supposedly. The fact that he and a partner spammer were just fined an astonishing $230m for spamming MySpace members with porn and [...]
Tags: myspace Sanford Wallace, spamford
May
02
2008
I am not much of a celebrity gossip person, mainly because I am hopeless at keeping up with Hollywood stars much less the B and C and D list celebrities that fill the pages of Hello! Twice a year I am able to administer a biannual Hello! test when I go to the dentist, who [...]
May
01
2008
Congrats to Joe and all at PutPlace for making it onto the radar at Under the Radar. Onward and upward!