Archive for July 2007
Deathly Hallows Update 23 Jul 2007
So, I have finished Deathly Hallows, and it was good. Not perfect but good. Full review to follow, but I had to point this out: One of the first to finish the book was British speed reader Anne Jones, who read all 199,900 words, on 607 pages, in 47 minutes and one second. It is [...]
Status Update 21 Jul 2007
Just back from my brother’s stag week in Amsterdam and the final Harry Potter book is now out. So: Yes, I have bought a copy. Yes, Asda are selling it for £5.00 despite the wholesale price being £10.74 Yes, Asda did still have plenty in stock, despite selling 250,000, half their order, before 9am (but [...]
Social Network Slapdown 15 Jul 2007
I’m totally with Joe over at Webby’s World regarding social networks. I have two problems with them: Nobody I know uses them, not my friends, not my parents, not my brother, not my workmates, no one. The only person I know who uses any of them is my teenage sister. Even if they did use [...]
Heavyweight Firefox 13 Jul 2007
I have to say that I too have started to notice that Firefox isn’t the svelte, lightweight IE-fighter it once was, it seems closer to being a overweight Rocky looking to for another round in the ring. I love Firefox, it’s great, just look how it forced MS into releasing IE7, introduced tabbed browsing, integrated [...]
Prices May Go Up (and then Back Down) 11 Jul 2007
I caught something in an article on the best days to buy things linked from Lifehacker (which I’m loving more and more) I read a quick bit about buying gas (that’s petrol to us Brits): Gas When to Buy: Thursday, before 10 a.m. Why: The price of oil isn’t the only factor influencing costs at [...]
Rumours of My Demise Are Premature 9 Jul 2007
It’s been awhile. It wasn’t supposed to be, it started out as thinking ‘I can’t be bothered to post today’ and just spiraled out of control. I put it down to several things: I’m uninspired – nothing moved me enough to make me want to post I’m knackered – working long hours is wearing me [...]