I’ve received over 725 comment spams in the past couple of hours. It’s plain annoying. Instead of flooding our websites and mailboxes with unwanted messages, why don’t they try something a little more innovative – like actually making their products and services interesting enough to stand on their own merit? Fortunately, MT-Blacklist caught them all. …
Month: August 2005
You know the feel-good ad campaign that Dove is running, using real women instead of the usual skinny models we expect to see? I actually thought it was clever. Here’s what a Slate writer thinks of Dove’s worldwide campaign, in the short run (great) and in the long run (bad). Oh, and I love their …
So Apple’s finally launched their latest mouse. I’ve always liked the design of Apple mice (since the transparent look went into fashion). However I’ve never found them particularly practical, especially after being used to the multi-function capabilities of their Microsoft and Logitech counterparts. Instead of right-clicking on a typical PC mouse to view Properties, for …
I say goodbye to the very first company I worked for (full-time) again – by getting rid of my time capsule of ping-pong balls masquerading as eyeballs. Project Eyeball was a newspaper started by SPH which lasted less than a year before closing down. Barely weeks after graduating in Bristol, I cleared the interview and …
I bought a new compact camera on Saturday. The main reason that I bought a compact, was because I needed something small and elegant enough to fit into a dinner bag. Imagine me saying that a few years ago – I would have said that dainty cameras were for wussies! Maybe it’s me just being …