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Six things that say Apple isn’t Apple any more… 20 Sep 2012 | 03:16 pm
Been playing with the new ios6 and it’s made me come to the conclusion that Apple most definitely isn’t the company that it once was – it certainly isn’t computing for the rest of us and what’s replac...
New Doctor Who? Yeah, that’ll do… 5 Apr 2010 | 01:40 pm
As Iain beat me to it over at The Thumbcast, I’ll post my thoughts on the new Matt Smith/Stephen Moffat incarnation here. In short: terrible, awful, hellish theme tune, loved everything else. This was...
Proof BBC Scotland is anti-Catholic but loves the Orange Lodge? 1 Apr 2010 | 09:10 pm
For the last few weeks, BBC Scotland has been showing a top comedy sketch show called Burnistoun, which is about the exploits of people in a fictional town called Burnistoun (links to iPlayer eps). As...
Why the iPad could be a nightmare for writers 28 Jan 2010 | 01:39 pm
I’ve written a chunk elsewhere about the implications of the iPad, and while the iBook Store is going to be a large part of it, there’s a couple of questions that arise including how does an unpublish...
Dear Bump 18/1/10: You have ears, so listen to your mum huh? 18 Jan 2010 | 06:10 pm
Dear Bump, there’s not a lot left to know about you. We know your sex and now, according to your mum, you have ears. To which, all I can say is: could you listen to your mum and stop knocking lumps ou...
Dear Daughter 18/1/10: Dad trumps Disney 18 Jan 2010 | 06:02 pm
Dear Daughter, you are a little sook but I love you dearly for it. After writing about your love of your inflatable Disney High School Musical bed your mum and I were concerned about you sleeping in ...
Dear Daughter 14/1/10: If Disney made cardboard boxes you would say they were the best 14 Jan 2010 | 07:24 pm
Sometimes you really surprise me. There you are, with a ridiculous amount of toys from Xmas – there’s stuff you’re still opening (though I never thought Guess Who would have been an early favourite pr...
Kids and the apocalypse: a cheerful post 11 Jan 2010 | 05:21 pm
It’s one of those things that I keep trying to put out of my head, but posts like this don’t help (for those too lazy to click: Dan worries about looking after his kids if civilisation broke down) and...
Kodak Zi8 Review: a videocamera for parents? 7 Jan 2010 | 04:14 pm
Picked up a Kodak Zi8 for work purposes the other day, but I’d be a liar if I didn’t say that I’ll be using it for personal uses as well, but how does it shape up as a video camera for capturing the f...
Dear Daughter 16/12/09: In which Jesus is placed on the naughty cross 16 Dec 2009 | 03:24 pm
Religion’s giving you major issues (and that’s before you start asking your parents/grandparents about their different beliefs) and you had avoided the whole issue of Jesus until starting school, but ...
