The Geekiest T-Shirt Ever?
by Iain on October 31, 2006
I’ve seen a lot of geeky t-shirts in my time. But this one is pretty much the king of the nerd-castle, awesome… (As you might have spotted, I’m struggling a bit with blogging at the moment. A combination of lack (…)
A Bookshelf That Looks Like a Book
by Iain on October 30, 2006
I really like this. A shelf disguised as a book. And it’s not silly money either. Obligatory buttons:
Are Chavs the New Mods?
by Iain on October 25, 2006
Are chavs the new mods? It was a thought that entered my head in Brighton a couple of weeks ago. Sure the scooters have changed. And in retrospect the mods’ fashion was way cooler. But the attitude and the lifestyle (…)
Microsoft Live Local – Birds’ Eye View of London
by Iain on October 24, 2006
I was attempting to write something about Friday’s Microsoft Day that I went to. But I visited Live Local search to look something up, then realised I could see my own house from the air, from multiple different angles. And (…)
The Value of Experimentation
by Iain on October 18, 2006
I agree with Russell when it comes to the value of experimentation and play. Asi also brought it up in relation to the video-fronted search engine I mentioned yesterday. I’m all for play and doing new stuff. But there is (…)
Amen to That
by Iain on October 18, 2006
This is a long video clip. 18 mins in total. And it might bore you if you’re not a music geek. It’s all about how a 6 second drum loop from the B-Side of a single by The Winston Brothers, (…)
Jobs on Zune
by Iain on October 18, 2006
From Fast Company: Steve Jobs on the iPod .Vs Zune . Steve Jobs blasts the ability to ‘send’ music to other people via Microsoft’s new Zune player (apparantly it takes a long time and they can only play the DRM (…)
Nerd Recruitment
by Iain on October 18, 2006
Saw this recruitment ad on the MediaTemple site. It made me chuckle. In case you’re interested (and are a ‘picked last in gym’ kind of nerd it links here. Incidentally, if you run your own website and are looking for (…)
Spam Names
by Iain on October 18, 2006
Checking my junk email folder this morning, to make sure nothing important had been misplaced, I noticed just how great the names of these junk mailers are. (I know, I know, they make up the names so that the junk (…)
Aaaargh!
by Iain on October 17, 2006
Could this be the most pointless thing ever? Probably not. But it’s a massive folly of some description. Someone has spent a whole heap of money creating a video based ‘human face’ to a search engine. Type in your search (…)