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Entries from September 2008

Didn’t take long…

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m still a PC though!

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Tags: internet · microsoft

Review : Flashbacks of a Fool

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

What a surprise this film was – I knew it was Daniel Craig, and I knew it was his pet project (he is listed as Exec Producer) – but I had no idea it was such a strong story and a great film.
Craig plays a fading film star, Joe Scott, living out a life of [...]

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Tags: movies

Review : Irvine Welsh - Crime

September 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I read this during my recent trip to Seattle, an impulse buy as I was waiting in Terminal 4.  As always, a tough book to read, with hardcore subject matter.
Welsh creates some good characters as he develops the story of a Scottish cop, holidaying in Florida with his fiancée as he tries to [...]

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Tags: books

What a rush…

September 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Like Steve Clayton, I picked up a copy of this months Wired (before I jumped on the plane from Seattle) and was really impressed with the double page spread advertising for the lifewithoutwalls campaign from Microsoft.
Here’s another one from the series:

At last – some decent advertising – stuff we can be proud to show [...]

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Tags: internet · microsoft

I’m a PC…and I sell fish

September 20th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: video

The Power of Twitter – update #7million!

September 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I asked a question about Skype conference phones on Twitter (I’m looking to get a Skype device that is hands-free AND portable for phone conferences), and I get a response direct from someone at Skype. That shows both the power of Twitter, and the fact that companies (and evangelists) are listening. Good work!

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Tags: internet

Forget Palin’s email – take a look in Obama’s

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Sarah Palin got her Yahoo mail account hacked and sprayed all over the intarwebs – I guess that isn’t too cool, but late breaking news today (via) is that Baracks gmail is wide open…check the mail from Cheney!
(That’ll teach him for those moveon.org mails!)

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Tags: internet

Search Engine Rap Battles…awesomeness!

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

 
This one is MSN vs Google (but your results say ‘search wikipedia’) – but there is also Google vs Yahoo and MSN vs Yahoo!
Via here – where you can also vote for the winner! (I don’t think T-pain has anything to worry about though)

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Tags: internet · microsoft

Amazing photoset of Hurricane Ike aftermath

September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Amazing set of photos showing the aftermath of Hurricane Ike

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Tags: asides

Lipstick on a pig…

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

(Found via)

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Tags: random